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Cafe Society

1939Movie1 h 23 min

69

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69

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Summary

A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.

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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 69
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −17 min on the typical 100
typical 10083
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1939
March 3, 1939
87 years ago
Genres
ComedyRomance
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 35 more
50 people
Directing · 1
Edward H. Griffith Director
Writing · 1
Virginia Van Upp Screenplay
Production · 1
Jeff Lazarus Producer
Camera · 1
Ted Tetzlaff Director of Photography
Art · 2
Hans Dreier Art Direction
Ernst Fegté Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Edith Head Costume Design

Tropes

Break-Up/Make-Up Scenarioin 286 titlesThe protagonist, Bobby, meets Vonnie, he falls in love with her, and eventually wins her heart.Love Dodecahedronin 788 titlesBobby falls in love with Vonnie, then he gets married with Veronica.All 26 tropes

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