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I'll Take Romance

Romance in Swing-Time!

1937 1 hour 30 minutes
61/100

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Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.

Released

17th November 1937

88 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 30 minutes

Finishes at 2:09am

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    5.9/10

  • TMDb Logo

    63%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    61%

Directed by

Edward H. Griffith

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Written by

Jane Murfin, Stephen Morehouse Avery, George Oppenheimer

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