Meet the Boy Friend
THEY EVEN TOOK OUT INSURANCE TO KEEP HIM FROM GETTING MARRIED!
1937 · 53m · Passed
Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Ralph Staub
Overview
A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actress. His manager doesn't want this because he is afraid of Tony losing female fans so he takes up a 300 hundred thousand dollar insurance policy if Tony does in fact wed. Tony soon meets a girl name June Delaney on a bus who doesn't swoon over him like other girls. He falls for her but doesn't know her true identity.
Director and cast
- Ralph Staub Director
- Robert Paige as Tony Page
- Carol Hughes as June Delaney
- Warren Hymer as Wilbur 'Bugs' Corrigan
- Pert Kelton as Beulah Potts
- Andrew Tombes as J. Ardmore Potts
- Gwili Andre as Vilma Vlare
- Ed 'Oscar' Platt as Oscar
- Lou Fulton as Elmer
- Smiley Burnette as Band Leader
- Leonid Kinskey as Dr. Sokoloff
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