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Palm Springs (1936 film)

Palm Springs (alternate title: Palm Springs Affair) is a 1936 American comedy drama film directed by Aubrey Scotto and starring Frances Langford, Guy Standing and Ernest Cossart. It also features an early performance by future star David Niven. It was produced by Walter Wanger for distribution by Paramount Pictures.

Palm Springs
Directed byAubrey Scotto
Written byJoseph Fields (screenwriter)
Based onMyles Connolly's short story "Lady Smith" in Good Housekeeping
Produced byAdolf Zukor
StarringFrances Langford
Guy Standing
Ernest Cossart
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music byRalph Rainger & Leo Robin
Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
Dorothy Fields & James McHugh
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 5, 1936 (1936-06-05)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$328,818[1]
Box office$225,637[1]

Plot

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A father and daughter who love to gamble throw a party in honor of her leaving to attend finishing school. However, when she gets to the school she is caught gambling and is promptly expelled.

While trying to locate her father in Palm Springs, California, she meets a cowboy named Slim and a wealthy gentleman named George Brittel, whose aunt Letty is totally against gambling. Nevertheless, she and George bet and before they know it they’re having dinner at a fancy restaurant. In the gambling room, Joan discovers her father gambling and finds out the truth behind their financial situation, so she decides to marry George for his money. Complications ensue when she changes her identity to Lady Sylvia of Dustin and she realizes the cowboy is the one she is in love with.

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Reception

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The film recorded a loss of $154,089.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p437
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