Love Begins at 20

Love Begins at 20
Directed by	Frank McDonald
Screenplay by	Dalton Trumbo Tom Reed
Based on	Broken Dishes 1929 play by Martin Flavin
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Hugh Herbert Patricia Ellis Warren Hull Hobart Cavanaugh Dorothy Vaughan Clarence Wilson
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Terry O. Morse
Music by	Howard Jackson
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 22, 1936 (1936-08-22)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Love Begins at 20 is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dalton Trumbo and Tom Reed, based on the 1929 play Broken Dishes by Martin Flavin. ^[1] The film stars Hugh Herbert, Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull, Hobart Cavanaugh, Dorothy Vaughan and Clarence Wilson. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 22, 1936.

Cast

• Hugh Herbert as Horatio Gillingwater
• Patricia Ellis as Lois Gillingwater
• Warren Hull as Jerry Wayne
• Hobart Cavanaugh as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
• Dorothy Vaughan as Evalina 'Evie' Gillingwater
• Clarence Wilson as Jonathan Ramp
• Robert Gleckler as Gangster Mugsy O'Bannion, aka Harold McCauley
• Mary Treen as Alice Gillingwater
• Anne Nagel as Miss Perkins, Ramp's Secretary
• Arthur Aylesworth as Justice Felton
• Sol Gorss as Jim, a Bank Robber
• Henry Otho as Lumpy, a Bank Robber
• Max Wagner as Lester, O'Bannion's Driver
• Tom Brower as Sheriff Bert Hanson
• Milton Kibbee as Wilbur, Detective
• Tom Wilson as Fred

References

1. Jerry Roberts (2003). The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. p. 163. ISBN   978-1-55783-512-3.
2. "Love Begins at Twenty (1936) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
3. Nugent, Frank S. (1936-09-19). "Movie Review - Love Begins at Twenty - 'Love Begins at 20' Opens at the Palace - 'Traumulus' at the 86th Street Casino". The New York Times . Retrieved 2015-08-20.
4. "Love Begins at Twenty". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-08-20.

External links

• Love Begins at 20 at IMDb
• Love Begins at 20 at the TCM Movie Database
• Love Begins at 20 at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films