Next Time I Marry (1938)

Director
Garson Kanin

Main cast
Lucille Ball; James Ellison; Lee Bowman; Granville Bates; Mantan Moreland

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorce her. When Nancy inadvertently drives off with Tony's dog, Tony seemingly kidnaps her to retrieve the pooch, which leads to a cross-country race between the two to reach Reno and the divorce court since neither one wants to be the second to file papers.


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