An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Charles Coleman
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (scenes deleted)
Brooks Benedict
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
- Pinky
- (uncredited)
William Burress
- Haley's Editor
- (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
- Jones - the Butler
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Norman Krasna
- Glenn Tryon(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe first of 5 films that Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea appeared in together.
- ConnectionsRemade as Bride by Mistake (1944)
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Fun... with a little sex.
I came to this film because I'd just seen its musical remake, The French Line, a campy colour affair with Jane Russell, 'presented by' Howard Hughes. The French Line isn't unwatchable, although one may want to peep through one's fingers during the cowgirl dance number, but it is outstandingly dated in terms of male-female relations. Jane Russell's richest-girl-in-the-world is warned from the start that she will put men off with her rootin' tootin' tomboyish get-up & behaviour, but it's her money and power that will really convince them she's wearing the pants.
I am mad about Joel McCrea and I like Hopkins a lot. I wanted to see what the original was like. And of course, because it's the 30s there's no such issue. Men and women can be knockabout pals, Joel McCrea is enchanted when Hopkins thrashes him at billiards, they get drunk together, fall asleep smoochily together and the happy ending is wonderfully engineered: you relax your modern PC concerns even though the penultimate scene features McCrea picking her up (protesting wildly) and (off-camera) locking her in his car. It squeaked into cinemas pre-Hays, too, so the last couple of scenes in particular are pretty racy and very funny. The two leads play beautifully together and Fay Wray is always good.
I am mad about Joel McCrea and I like Hopkins a lot. I wanted to see what the original was like. And of course, because it's the 30s there's no such issue. Men and women can be knockabout pals, Joel McCrea is enchanted when Hopkins thrashes him at billiards, they get drunk together, fall asleep smoochily together and the happy ending is wonderfully engineered: you relax your modern PC concerns even though the penultimate scene features McCrea picking her up (protesting wildly) and (off-camera) locking her in his car. It squeaked into cinemas pre-Hays, too, so the last couple of scenes in particular are pretty racy and very funny. The two leads play beautifully together and Fay Wray is always good.
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- VLeung
- Aug 24, 2011
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- La muchacha más rica del mundo
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Richest Girl in the World (1934) officially released in Canada in English?
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