''Too Young to Marry'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies. During the 1930s, LeRoy was one of the two great practitioners of ...

and starring Loretta Young and Grant Withers, a married couple in real life, although it ended with an annulment. It was produced and distributed by

First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ...

. It is based on a 1929 play ''Broken Dishes'' by

Martin Flavin Martin Archer Flavin (November 2, 1883 – December 27, 1967) was an American playwright and novelist. Biography Flavin was born on November 2, 1883, in San Francisco, California. He was a Sigma Chi at the University of Chicago, which he atte ...

. It is preserved in the

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collection incomplete.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.186 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

Cast

* Loretta Young - Elaine Bumpsted * Grant Withers - Bill Clark *

O. P. Heggie Oliver Peters Heggie ( Otto Peters Heggie; 17 September 1877 – 7 February 1936), billed as O. P. Heggie, was an Australian film and theatre actor best known for portraying the hermit who befriends the Monster in the film ''Bride of Frankenstei ...

- Cyrus Bumpsted *

J. Farrell MacDonald John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...

- Dr. Horace Virgil Stump * Richard Tucker - Chester Armstrong * Emma Dunn - Jennie Bumpsted *Aileen Carlyle - Mabel Bumpsted

References

External links

Too Young to Marry at IMDb.com
* 1931 films Films directed by Mervyn LeRoy American films based on plays First National Pictures films 1931 comedy films American comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films Films with screenplays by Francis Edward Faragoh {{1930s-comedy-film-stub