I'll Take Romance (1937)
Romance in Swing-Time!
90 min
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
- Release date
- November 17, 1937
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Grace Moore as Elsa Terry
- Melvyn Douglas as James Guthrie
- Helen Westley as Madame Della aka Madella
- Stuart Erwin as 'Pancho' Brown
- Margaret Hamilton as Margot
- Walter Kingsford as William Kane
- Richard Carle as Rudi
- Ferdinand Gottschalk as Monsieur Ginard
- Esther Muir as Panda
- Frank Forest as Pinkerton
Crew
- Edward H. Griffith · Director
- George Oppenheimer · Writer
- Jane Murfin · Writer
- Stephen Morehouse Avery · Writer
- Everett Riskin · Producer
- Lucien N. Andriot · Cinematographer
- William A. Lyon · Editor
- Otto Meyer · Editor