Beauty and the Boss

Beauty and the Boss
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Written by	Joseph Jackson
Based on	A Templom Egere 1927 play by Ladislas Fodor
Starring	Marian Marsh David Manners Warren William
Music by	W. Franke Harling
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Edited by	James B. Morley
Production company	Warner Brothers
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date	April 9, 1932
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Beauty and the Boss is a 1932 American romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Marian Marsh, David Manners and Warren William.^[1] It was based on a Hungarian play by Ladislas Fodor about a secretary who eventually marries her boss. An English language adaptation of the play by Benn Levy, entitled A Church Mouse, opened in London in early May, 1931. Another English language adaptation by Frederic and Fanny Hatton, also called A Church Mouse, opened in New York on 12 October 1931.^[2]

In 1934 Warner Brothers' British subsidiary remade the story at Teddington Studios as The Church Mouse.

The film's sets were designed by Anton Grot.

Cast

• Marian Marsh as Susie Sachs
• David Manners as Baron Paul von Ullrich
• Warren William as Baron Josef von Ullrich
• Charles Butterworth as Ludwig Pfeffer Jr.
• Frederick Kerr as Count Von Tolheim
• Mary Doran as Olive 'Ollie' Frey
• Robert Greig as Chappel
• Lilian Bond as Girl at Bar
• Yola d'Avril as Girl in Bath Tub
• Harry Holman as Hotel Manager
• Olaf Hytten as Business Associate
• Barbara Leonard as Girl With Dog
• Polly Walters as Ludwig's Girl
• Leo White as Man in Elevator

References

Bibliography

• Dick, Bernard F. The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures. University Press of Kentucky.

External links

• Beauty and the Boss on IMDb
• Beauty and the Boss at AllMovie
• Beauty and the Boss at the TCM Movie Database
• Beauty and the Boss at the American Film Institute Catalog