I Adore You (film)

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I Adore You
Directed byGeorge King
Written byPaul England
Based onoriginal story by W. Scott Darling
Produced by Irving Asher
Starring Margot Grahame
Harold French
Clifford Heatherley
O. B. Clarence
Peggy Novak [1]
Music byCarroll Gibbons [2]
Production
company
Warner Bros-Teddington [3]
Distributed by Warner Bros
Release date
  • 1933 (1933)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

I Adore You is a 1933 British musical comedy film set in a movie studio. It was most notable for Errol Flynn appearing as an extra. [4]

Contents

Margot Grahame was the heroine and Clifford Heatherley plays a film magnate. [5]

The choreography was done by Ralph Reader, a protege of Busby Berkeley. [6]

It is considered a lost film. [7]

Plot

Norman Young (Harold French) wants to marry Margot Grahame (Margot Grahame) but her contract with a producer prohibits her from marrying during a five-year period. Norman spends millions to take over the contact. [8]

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References

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  5. "The Capitol ANOTHER ARLISS SUCCESS". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  6. "A New British Musical With Unique Background". The Times and Northern Advertiser . Peterborough, South Australia: National Library of Australia. 18 October 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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  8. "STAGE SCREEN and ART". The Australasian . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 30 January 2015.