Ready for Love (1934 film)

Ready for Love
Directed by	Marion Gering
Produced by	Albert Lewis (producer), Emanuel Cohen (executive producer)
Screenplay by	J.P. McEvoy, William Slavens McNutt
Based on	a novel by Roy Flanagan
Music by	John Leipold, Heinz Roemheld and Tom Satterfield (all uncredited)
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	Eda Warren
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 30, 1934 (Los Angeles);
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ready for Love is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Marion Gering and presented by Adolph Zukor for Paramount Pictures. It stars Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, and Marjorie Rambeau.[1] It is inspired by the play The Whipping by Eulalie Spence, based on the 1930 novel The Whipping by Roy Flanagan.[2][3] The film is about school runaway Marigold Tate (Ida Lupino) who "journeys to her retired aunt's home where she soon faces small-town bigotry",[4] and falls in love with handsome newspaper editor Julian Barrow (Richard Arlen).[5]

The film marks the first appearance of Terry, the Cairn Terrier who would go on to appear as Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Plot summary

Marigold Tate (Lupino) runs away from boarding school to stay with her retired aunt. She faces hostility from the locals, who display bigotry and snobbery towards her. During a witchcraft trial she is forced into a pool of water. The event is covered by newspaper editor Julian Barrow (Arlen), who falls in love with Tate. The couple eventually move to New York, where Barrow gets a job on a newspaper.

Cast

Richard Arlen as Julian Barrow
Ida Lupino as Marigold Tate
Marjorie Rambeau as Goldie Tate
Junior Durkin as Joey Burke
Beulah Bondi as Mrs. Burke
Esther Howard as Aunt Ida
Ralph Remley as Chester Burke
Charles Arnt as Sam Gardner
Henry Travers as Judge Pickett
Charles Sellon as Caleb Hooker

Production

Actress Ida Lupino was stricken with polio soon after filming commenced and was concerned during production that she might have to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.[6]

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References

"Ready for Love". TCM. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
Donati, William (18 July 2013). Ida Lupino: A Biography. University Press of Kentucky. p. 244. ISBN 0-8131-4352-7.
Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 924. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
Langman, Larry (2000). Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7864-0681-4.
"Ready for Love". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
Bubbeo, Daniel (15 October 2001). The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each. McFarland. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7864-1137-5.

External links

Ready for Love on IMDb

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[1] "Ready for Love". TCM. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

[Donati2013-2] Donati, William (18 July 2013). Ida Lupino: A Biography. University Press of Kentucky. p. 244. ISBN 0-8131-4352-7.

[Goble1999-3] Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 924. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

[Langman2000-4] Langman, Larry (2000). Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. McFarland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7864-0681-4.

[5] "Ready for Love". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

[Bubbeo2001-6] Bubbeo, Daniel (15 October 2001). The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each. McFarland. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7864-1137-5.