The Luckiest Girl in the World is a 1936 comedy film directed Edward Buzzell and written by Herbert Fields and Henry Myers. The film stars Jane Wyatt, Louis Hayward, Nat Pendleton, Eugene Pallette, Catherine Doucet and Phillip Reed. The film was released on October 1, 1936, by Universal Pictures.
Directed byEdward Buzzell OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance ActorsMelvyn Douglas, Claire Dodd, Florence Rice, Shepperd Strudwick, Louis Calhern, Nat Pendleton Rating65% Joel and Garda Sloane run a rare book business in New York City. To supplement their meager income, Joel recovers stolen books. Insurance man Steve Langner drops off a check for his latest success. The couple also tries to help Ned Morgan, recently released from prison, find a job; they do not believe he was guilty of the theft of books from dealer Otto Brockler. Ned is in love with Brockler's daughter Leah.
, 1h8 Directed byEdward Buzzell OriginUSA GenresDrama, Crime, Romance ActorsCarole Lombard, Pat O'Brien, Ward Bond, Shirley Grey, Mayo Methot, Jack La Rue Rating68% New York City streetwalker Mae (Carole Lombard) is placed on a train by a policeman and told not to come back. However, she gets off, taking the cab of Jimmy Doyle (Pat O'Brien), who doesn't think much of women. She slips away without paying the fare. Her friend and fellow prostitute, Lil (Mayo Methot), advises her to find honest work.
, 1h11 Directed byEdward Buzzell OriginUSA GenresDrama ActorsFay Wray, Gene Raymond, Claire Dodd, Frank Albertson, Jessie Ralph, Frank Conroy Rating58% Ann Carver (Fay Wray) and Bill Graham (Gene Raymond) are college sweethearts who graduate, marry, and go to work. There are major differences in their career success. Ann has a lawyer's degree, and goes to work at the law firm of retired Judge Bingham. On the other hand Bill, who in college was a campus football star and voted "Most Popular Man on Campus", lands a low-level job in an architectural firm. She scores a sensational success with her first case (see below) and receives a check for $5000 from her rich client, Harrison. This sets the stage for marital problems, because the very same day that she gets the check for $5000, her husband receives notice of a big raise at work — $10.