''There Goes My Heart'' is a 1938
romantic comedy film starring
Virginia Bruce and
Fredric March, and directed by
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist.
McLeod's most acclaimed work was made in collaboration with major comic performers of the 1930s, and included such films as ...
. Bruce plays a wealthy heiress who goes to work under an alias at a department store owned by her grandfather, and March the reporter who tracks her down. The film is based on a story by
Ed Sullivan, better known for his long-running ''
Ed Sullivan Show''. The film was nominated for a Best Score Oscar for
Marvin Hatley.
Plot
Cast
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Fredric March as Bill Spencer
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Virginia Bruce as Joan Butterfield
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Patsy Kelly
Patsy Kelly (born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly; January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981) was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of short comedy films produced by Hal Ro ...
as Peggy O'Brien
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Alan Mowbray as Pennypepper E. Pennypepper
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Nancy Carroll as Dorothy Moore
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Eugene Pallette as Mr. Stevens
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Claude Gillingwater
Claude Benton Gillingwater (August 2, 1870 – November 1, 1939) was an American stage and screen actor. He first appeared on the stage then in more than 90 films between 1918 and 1939, including the Academy Award-nominated ''A Tale of Two ...
as Cyrus W. Butterfield
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Arthur Lake as Flash Fisher
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Harry Langdon as Preacher (uncredited)
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Etienne Girardot as Hinkley
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Robert Armstrong as Detective O'Brien
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Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon (born Irving Von Peters; September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films.
Early years
Bacon was the son of entertainers Millar Bacon and Myrtle Vane. He was born in St. Jose ...
as Mr. Dobbs
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Irving Pichel as Mr. Gorman
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Syd Saylor as Robinson (as Sid Saylor)
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J. Farrell MacDonald as Police Officer
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Marjorie Main as Butterfield's customer (uncredited)
References
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1938 films
1938 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Films set in department stores
Films set in New York City
Hal Roach Studios
United Artists films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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