Love Birds (1934 film)

Last updated
Love Birds
Directed by William A. Seiter
Screenplay by Doris Anderson
Henry Myers
Tom Reed
Story by Doris Anderson
Dale Van Every
Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Starring Slim Summerville
ZaSu Pitts
Mickey Rooney
Frederick Burton
Emmett Vogan
Dorothy Christy
Cinematography Norbert Brodine
Edited by Daniel Mandell
Music by Heinz Roemheld
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 4, 1934 (1934-05-04)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Love Birds is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Doris Anderson, Henry Myers, and Tom Reed. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Mickey Rooney, Frederick Burton, Emmett Vogan, and Dorothy Christy. [1] [2] [3] The film was released on May 4, 1934, by Universal Pictures.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Related Research Articles

ZaSu Pitts American actress (1894–1963)

Zasu Pitts was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film Greed, and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the advent of sound films. She also appeared on numerous radio shows. Her career as an entertainer spanned nearly 50 years, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

Slim Summerville American actor (1892–1946)

Slim Summerville, was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.

<i>Bad Sister</i> (1931 film) 1931 film

Bad Sister is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The screenplay by Edwin H. Knopf, Tom Reed, and Raymond L. Schrock is based on the 1913 novel The Flirt by Booth Tarkington, which had been filmed in 1916 and 1922.

<i>Pretty Ladies</i> 1925 film

Pretty Ladies is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film starring ZaSu Pitts and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is a fictional recreation of the famed Ziegfeld Follies. Directed by Monta Bell, the film was written by Alice D. G. Miller and featured intertitles by Joseph Farnham. Pretty Ladies originally featured musical color sequences, some in two-color Technicolor. However, the color sequences are now considered lost.

<i>How Could You, Jean?</i> 1918 film

How Could You, Jean? is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film, starring Mary Pickford, directed by William Desmond Taylor, and based on a novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. Casson Ferguson was the male lead; Spottiswoode Aitken and a young ZaSu Pitts had supporting roles.

They Just Had to Get Married is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, and Verree Teasdale.

Emmett Vogan American actor (1893–1969)

Charles Emmett Vogan was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934 to 1954, making him, along with Bess Flowers, one of the most prolific film actors of all time.

<i>Niagara Falls</i> (1941 film) 1941 film by Gordon Douglas

Niagara Falls is a 1941 American comedy of errors film directed by Gordon Douglas that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners.

<i>Men of Boys Town</i> 1941 film by Norman Taurog

Men of Boys Town is a 1941 American drama film directed by Norman Taurog and written by James Kevin McGuinness. It is a sequel to the 1938 film Boys Town. The film stars Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman and Henry O'Neill. The film was released on April 10, 1941, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

<i>Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!</i> 1933 American film directed by Edward Buzzell

Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film, starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, and George Barbier. The 1940 Universal Pictures film with the same title is not a remake. Adapted from the stage play, "Oh, Promise Me". Pitts plays a secretary that plots with her ambulance chasing lawyer, Slim, to compromise her employer for a breach of promise suit. Besides recovering handsomely at the trail, her boyfriend is provided with a case. A capable group of stars rounds out the rest of the cast that includes Donald Meek, Lucille Gleason and Varree Teasdale. The movie did not do well nor was it well reviewed by The New York Times which called it unfunny.

<i>A Slight Case of Larceny</i> 1953 film by Don Weis

A Slight Case of Larceny is a 1953 comedy film directed by Don Weis, written by Jerry Davis, and starring Mickey Rooney, Eddie Bracken, Elaine Stewart, Marilyn Erskine, Douglas Fowley and Robert Burton. It was released on June 5, 1953, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Free Love is a 1930 Pre-Code, talking film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by Hobart Henley and starring Conrad Nagel.

<i>Their Big Moment</i> 1934 American film directed by James Cruze

Their Big Moment is a 1934 American mystery film directed by James Cruze, from a screenplay by Arthur Caesar and Marion Dix. The film starred ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville. It is based on the 1933 West End play Afterwards by Walter C. Hackett which had run for more than two hundred performances in London. While most of the Pitts-Summerville teamings were comedies, this was a serious drama in which they merely played comic-relief characters; their star billing was thus misleading.

Miss Polly is a 1941 American comedy film produced as part of Hal Roach's Streamliners series. It was directed by Fred Guiol, written by Eugene Conrad and Edward E. Seabrook and stars ZaSu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Kathleen Howard, Brenda Forbes, Elyse Knox and Richard Clayton. The film was released on November 14, 1941 by United Artists.

Private Scandal is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Vera Caspary, Garrett Fort and Bruce Manning. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks, Lew Cody, June Brewster and Harold Waldridge. The film was released on May 11, 1934, by Paramount Pictures.

<i>The Unexpected Father</i> 1932 film

The Unexpected Father is a 1932 American comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts, and Cora Sue Collins.

<i>The Little Accident</i> 1930 film

The Little Accident is a 1930 American comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Gladys Lehman and Gene Towne, based on the 1927 novel An Unmarried Father by Floyd Dell and the 1928 play Little Accident by Dell and Thomas Mitchell. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Anita Page, Sally Blane, ZaSu Pitts, Joan Marsh, and Roscoe Karns. The film was released on August 3, 1930, by Universal Pictures. It was remade by Universal in 1939 as Little Accident, and by RKO Radio Pictures in 1944 with Gary Cooper as Casanova Brown.

Reckless Living is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Cyril Gardner and written by Cyril Gardner, Tom Reed and Courtney Terrett. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Mae Clarke, Norman Foster, Marie Prevost, Slim Summerville and Robert Emmett O'Connor. The film was released on October 20, 1931, by Universal Pictures.

<i>Out All Night</i> (1933 film) 1933 film by Sam Taylor

Out All Night is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and written by William Anthony McGuire. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Laura Hope Crews, Shirley Grey, Alexander Carr and Rollo Lloyd. The film was released April 8, 1933, by Universal Pictures.

<i>Her First Mate</i> 1933 film

Her First Mate is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William Wyler and written by Clarence Marks, Earle Snell and H. M. Walker, who adapted it from the play written by Frank Craven, John Golden and Daniel Jarrett. The film stars Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Una Merkel, Warren Hymer, Berton Churchill and George F. Marion. The film was released on August 3, 1933, by Universal Pictures.

References

  1. "Love Birds (1934) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  2. Hal Erickson (2016). "Love-Birds - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. "Love Birds". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.