Beg, Borrow or Steal
movie
A Laugh-A-Minute romance!
Released December 03, 1937
Overview
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
Cast
Frank Morgan
as
Ingraham Steward
Florence Rice
as
Joyce Steward
John Beal
as
Count Bill Cherau
Janet Beecher
as
Mrs. Agatha Steward
Herman Bing
as
Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
Erik Rhodes
as
Lefevre
George Givot
as
Izmanov
E. E. Clive
as
Lord Nigel Braemer
Tom Rutherford
as
Horace Miller
Cora Witherspoon
as
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Reginald Denny
as
Clifton Summitt
Vladimir Sokoloff
as
Sascha
Crew
Douglas Shearer
as
Sound Director
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Harry McAfee
as
Assistant Art Director
Edwin B. Willis
as
Assistant Art Director
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Leonard Lee
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Screenplay
Wilhelm Thiele
as
Director
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Marion Parsonnet
as
Screenplay
Harry Ruskin
as
Screenplay
Cedric Gibbons
as
Art Direction
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William Axt
as
Original Music Composer
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William C. White
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Author
William H. Daniels
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Director of Photography
Frederick Stephani
as
Producer