Theodora Goes Wild

Nov 12, 1936

1h 34m

★ 6.5

RIOTOUS ROMANTIC COMEDY!

Overview

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Theodora Lynn

Irene Dunne

Michael Grant

Melvyn Douglas

Jed Waterbury

Thomas Mitchell

Arthur Stevenson

Thurston Hall

Aunt Mary

Elisabeth Risdon

Aunt Elsie

Margaret McWade

Rebecca Perry

Spring Byington

Ethel Stevenson

Nana Bryant

Jonathan Grant

Henry Kolker

Agnes Grant

Leona Maricle

Uncle John

Robert Greig

Governor Wyatt

Frederick Burton

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