The Golden Arrow (1936 film)
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1935 story in Liberty
by Michael Arlen
| The Golden Arrow | |
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| Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
| Screenplay by | Charles Kenyon |
| Based on | The Golden Arrow 1935 story in Liberty by Michael Arlen |
| Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Golden Arrow (1936) is an American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Bette Davis and George Brent. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on a story of the same title by Michael Arlen published in the September 14, 1935, issue of Liberty.
Johnny Jones is a penniless newspaper reporter assigned to interview Daisy Appleby, heiress to the Appleby Facial Creams fortune and the target of numerous suitors anxious to latch onto her wealth. What neither they nor Johnny know is that she is really a cafeteria cashier hired by a public relations team to impersonate the socialite.
She proposes a marriage of convenience that will free her from the cads pursuing her so she can find her ideal man and allow Johnny leisure time to finish his novel. He agrees, and after they wed the company's board of directors try to place him under their control, as well. When Johnny rebels and begins dating oil heiress Hortense Burke-Meyers in retaliation, Daisy, who realizes she truly loves him, tries to win him back by having her brother-in-law Alfred Parker impersonate an old beau in an effort to make Johnny jealous.
Cast
- Bette Davis as Daisy Appleby
- George Brent as Johnny Jones
- Eugene Pallette as Mr. Meyers
- Dick Foran as Tommy Blake
- Craig Reynolds as Jorgenson
- Carol Hughes as Hortense Burke-Meyers
- Hobart Cavanaugh as DeWolfe
- Earle Foxe as Alfred Parker
Production
Although audience reaction to the film, originally titled Cream Princess,[1] at a preview in Long Beach, California was dismal, Warner Bros. Pictures rushed it into release to capitalize on the Academy Award leading lady Bette Davis recently had won for Dangerous.
The actress was upset with the publicity for the film, which she thought was ridiculous, and included mention of her Oscar win. "This film was the beginning of the end, temporarily, of my contract with Warner Bros.," she later recalled. "I was actually insulted to have to appear in such a cheap, nothing story as The Golden Arrow after Of Human Bondage, The Petrified Forest, and Bordertown."[2]