Four's a Crowd (1938)
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A standard-issue "screwball comedy" of the 1930s, Four's a Crowd starred a quartet of Warner Bros' biggest stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles. Flynn plays a publicity agent hired to stir up "good press" for a nasty millionaire… More A standard-issue "screwball comedy" of the 1930s, Four's a Crowd starred a quartet of Warner Bros' biggest stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles. Flynn plays a publicity agent hired to stir up "good press" for a nasty millionaire (Walter Connolly). Errol accomplishes this by going back to his old job as editor of a newspaper owned by Knowles, then using the paper to elucidate Connolly's virtues. Along the way, he romances Olivia de Havilland, who plays Connolly's daughter, and Rosalind Russell, portraying--surprise, surprise--Knowles' star reporter. Much to the amazement of the audience, Flynn ends up not with his frequent costar DeHavilland but with Russell. Fast-moving and chucklesome, Four's a Crowd was nothing new; chances are it would never have been made had it not been for the success of the vaguely similar MGM comedy Libelled Lady (36), which likewise had a quadruple-barreled starring lineup (Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, William Powell and Myrna Loy). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Curtiz
- Genres
- Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 3, 1938 Wide
- Studio
- Unknown
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Cast
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Errol Flynn
as Robert Kensington Lansford
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Olivia de Havilland
as Lorri Dillingwell
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Rosalind Russell
as Jean Christy
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Patric Knowles
as Patterson Buckley
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Walter Connolly
as John P. Dillingwell
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Hugh Herbert
as Silas Jenkins
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Melville Cooper
as Bingham
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Franklin Pangborn
as Preston
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Herman Bing
as Barber
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Margaret Hamilton
as Amy
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Joseph Crehan
as Pierce the Butler
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Joe Cunningham
as Young
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Gloria Blondell
as Lansford's Second Secretary
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Carole Landis
as Lansford's First Secretary
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Renie Riano
as Mrs. Jenkins
- Scotty Beckett
- Joseph Calleia
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Spencer Charters
as Charlie
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Charles Trowbridge
as Dr. Ives
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Lana Turner
as Bit Part
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Dennie Moore
as Buckley's Secretary
