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Man-Proof (1938)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?...if the man you loved and longed for married another woman!

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 1H 15M

Director : Richard Thorpe
Writer : Vincent Lawrence, Waldemar Young, George Oppenheimer

Synopsis

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

Actors

Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
Mimi Swift
Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone
Jimmy Kilmartin
Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell
Elizabeth Kent
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon
Alan Wythe
Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant
Meg Swift
Leonard Penn
Leonard Penn
Bob
John Miljan
John Miljan
Tommy Gaunt
William Stack
William Stack
Minister
Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea
Gus the Bartender
Rita Johnson
Rita Johnson
Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey
Jane (dialogue scenes deleted)
Harry Davenport
Harry Davenport
Hitchhiker (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman
Drunk Sourpuss with Capon (uncredited)

Crews

Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe
Director
Vincent Lawrence
Vincent Lawrence
Screenplay
Waldemar Young
Waldemar Young
Screenplay
George Oppenheimer
George Oppenheimer
Screenplay
Fanny Heaslip Lea
Fanny Heaslip Lea
Novel
Louis D. Lighton
Louis D. Lighton
Producer
Franz Waxman
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Karl Freund
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
George Boemler
George Boemler
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Douglas Shearer
Douglas Shearer
Sound
Chuck Hamilton
Chuck Hamilton
Stunts

Posters and backgrounds

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