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The Richest Girl in the World: Directed by William A. Seiter. With Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Henry Stephenson. 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.
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- Comedy, Romance
- William A. Seiter
- 1934-09-21
- Proof That It’S A Pre-Code-Ish Film
- Richest Girl in The World: Poor Woman
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A husband and wife sleep together. Which is fine, of course, but later a different woman pretends to have slept with the husband for various reasons.
A lightweight romantic comedy, The Richest Girl in the World enlists two of the pre-Code era’s more audacious stars along with handsome everyman Joel McCrea into a love triangle that is wholly one sided. If only the man knew that from the get go. Miriam Hopkins’ Dorothy is the titular richest girl (not woman; she’s barely a child at 23!). However, ...
Released in September 1934, so not technically a pre-Code. But, eh, you know. Sometimes I just like checking out what’s around the edges.
Nominated for Best Story at the Academy Awards. It lost to Manhattan Melodrama.This film is available on Amazon… if you live outside the States. Otherwise, it pops up on TCM every so often.Apr 30, 2012 · The Richest Girl in the World is all about Hopkins finding a man who really loves her while its greatest laughs come courtesy of Hopkins and Wray pulling the wool over McCrea's eyes with Denny and Stephenson mostly innocent bystanders playing along in the know.
The Richest Girl in the World is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray. Norman Krasna was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. It was remade in 1944 as Bride by Mistake with Laraine Day and Alan Marshal.
To avoid publicity upon her return to the United States, Dorothy Hunter, the "richest girl in the world" whom the "world" has never seen, uses her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, to impersonate her. Just before she is to announce her upcoming marriage, Dorothy's fiancé Donald breaks their engagement, explaining that he has fallen in love with ...
- William A. Seiter, Rex Bailey
- Miriam Hopkins
Tim Clouse’s review published on Letterboxd: Miriam Hopkins plays the wealthiest woman in the world and she's single, because she wants to be loved for herself and not her wealth. Fay Wray is her friend who poses as her, and she pretends to be her own secretary.
Overview. Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters.
