''I Like It That Way'' is a 1934 American

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by

Harry Lachman Harry B. Lachman (June 29, 1886 – March 19, 1975) was an American artist, set designer, and film director. He was born in La Salle, Illinois on June 29, 1886. Lachman was educated at the University of Michigan before becoming a magazine and b ...

and starring

Gloria Stuart Gloria Frances Stuart (born Gloria Stewart; July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010) was an American actress, visual artist, and activist. She was known for her roles in pre-code films, and garnered renewed fame late in life for her portrayal of Ro ...

, Roger Pryor and Marian Marsh.

Plot

A telephone operator quits her job to become a singer at a nightclub.

Main cast

as Anne Rogers * Roger Pryor as Jack Anderson * Marian Marsh as Joan Anderson * Shirley Grey as Peggy * Onslow Stevens as Harry Rogers *

Lucile Gleason Lucile Gleason ( Webster; February 6, 1888 – May 18, 1947) was an American stage and screen actress. Gleason was also a civic worker who was active in film colony projects. Early life Lucile Webster was born on February 6, 1888, in Pasade ...

as Mrs. Anderson * Noel Madison as Jimmy Stuart * Gloria Shea as Trixie * Mae Busch as Elsie * Merna Kennedy as Telephone Company Information Girl *

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last survivi ...

as Messenger Boy * Clarence Wilson as The Professor * Eddie Gribbon as Joe * Virginia Sale as Old Maid * Adrian Morris as Lothario in Chinese Restaurant

References

Bibliography

* Clifford McCarty. ''Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970''. Oxford University Press, 2000.

External links

* 1934 films American musical films 1934 musical films Films directed by Harry Lachman Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language musical films {{musical-film-stub