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She Couldn't Take It (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Comedy

"Listen sweetheart - you're going to get a lesson in love!"

Release Date: 1935, October 8
Directors: Tay Garnett
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Ray Turner, Irving Bacon, Kernan Cripps, Lee Phelps, Bess Flowers, Billie Burke, Stanley Andrews, Arthur Stuart Hull, Mike Lally, Charles Sullivan, Billy West, Lloyd Nolan

Overview:

The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.

Keywords:

rich family screwball