The Gilded Lily (1935)

Director
Wesley Ruggles

Main cast
Claudette Colbert; Fred MacMurray; Ray Milland; C. Aubrey Smith; Luis Alberni

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
New York stenographer Marilyn David meets Englishman Charles Gray and they fall in love. But Charles leaves town and Marilyn discovers he is a duke's son and already engaged. Marilyn confides in her platonic friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who publicizes her as the 'No Girl' who refused nobility. So Marilyn cashes in on her unwelcome notoriety by becoming a cafe entertainer; in an unexpected way, she succeeds. But can she decide between her two loves?


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