''Snowed Under'' is a 1936 American

romantic comedy film Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

directed by

Ray Enright Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927–53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, five of the six informal pairings of Joa ...

and starring George Brent as a playwright who is working under a tight deadline. He becomes snowedin inhis remote cabin with two ex-wives and a girlfriend, played by

Genevieve Tobin Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995) was an American actress. Early years Tobin was born in New York City on November 29, 1899. Her father, Thomas Tobin, a bank clerk who later became a racetrack bookmaker, was born in No ...

, Glenda Farrell and

Patricia Ellis Patricia Ellis (born Patricia Gene O'Brien; died March 26, 1970) was an American film actress of the 1930s. Early years Born in Birmingham, Michigan, most likely in 1915 (although she gave her year of birth to the Social Security Administration ...

Plot

Cast

* George Brent as Alan Tanner *

as Alice Merritt ex-wife #1 * Glenda Farrell as Daisy Lowell ex-wife #2 *

as Pat Quinn * Frank McHugh as Orlando Rowe * John Eldredge as McBride * Porter Hall as Arthur Layton * Helen Lowell as Mrs. Canterbury * Mary Treen as Miss. Jones (uncredited) *

Shirley Lloyd Shirley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë * ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film * ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film * ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...

as Blonde who answered telephone (uncredited)

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* * * * American romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Films about writers Films directed by Ray Enright Warner Bros. films 1936 romantic comedy films 1936 films Films with screenplays by F. Hugh Herbert 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-romantic-comedy-film-stub