The Way to Love

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The Way to Love
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Directed by Norman Taurog
Screenplay by Gene Fowler
Benjamin Glazer
Produced byBenjamin Glazer
Starring Maurice Chevalier
Ann Dvorak
Cinematography Charles Lang
Edited by Hugh Bennett
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 20, 1933 (1933-10-20)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Way to Love is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Maurice Chevalier and Ann Dvorak. Edward Everett Horton was the principal featured player.

Contents

At one stage Carole Lombard was to have co starred against Chevalier. [1]

Filming started 9 January 1933. [2]

Plot

Chevalier portrays a "happy-go-lucky Parisian street gypsy" who protects Dvorak's character when she is threatened by her partner in a knife-throwing act. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. PROJECTION JOTTINGS New York Times 25 Dec 1932: X5.
  2. SWANK COMBINE RESUMES SWAY Los Angeles Times 5 Dec 1932: A9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "What's New on the Screen". Hollywood. 23 (1): 8. January 1934. Retrieved October 23, 2021.