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| Too Young to Marry | |
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Written by | Francis Edward Faragoh (screenplay) |
| Based on | play Broken Dishes by Martin Flavin |
| Produced by | First National Pictures |
| Starring | Loretta Young Grant Withers |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
| Music by | Erno Rapee Leo Forbstein |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures (thru Warner Brothers) |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Too Young to Marry is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Loretta Young and Grant Withers, a married couple in real life, although it ended with an annulment. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It is based on a 1929 play Broken Dishes by Martin Flavin. [1]
It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection incomplete. [2]
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