They Just Had to Get Married

They Just Had to Get Married is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young, and Verree Teasdale.

They Just Had to Get Married
Directed byEdward Ludwig
Written byGladys Lehman
H.M. Walker
Preston Sturges (uncredited)
Clarence J. Marks (add'l dialogue)
Based onthe 1914 Broadway play A Pair of Silk Stockings
by Cyril Harcourt
Produced byCarl Laemmle Jr.
StarringSlim Summerville
ZaSu Pitts
Roland Young
Verree Teasdale
CinematographyEdward Snyder
Edited byTed J. Kent
Music byJames Dietrich
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 1932 (1932-12-22) (San Diego)
January 5, 1933 (U.S.)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The screenplay was written by Gladys Lehman, H.M. Walker, and an uncredited Preston Sturges, based on the Broadway play A Pair of Silk Stockings (1914) by Cyril Harcourt.[1][2] This was the play's third film adaptation.[3]

Plot

When wealthy Henry Davidson dies, he leaves all his money to his faithful butler, Sam Sutton (Summerville), and maid, Molly Hull (Pitts), who are finally able to get married. Their new lives as millionaires gets them involved with flirtatious Lola Montrose (Teasdale) and Davidson's relative Hillary Hume (Young), and complications ensue.

Sam and Molly lose everything, break up, and are finally tricked into reconciling.[4][5]

Cast

Production

The original title of this film was They Had to Get Married. However, the Hays Office disapproved of this title, and requested the addition of the word "just".[3] They Just Had to Get Married was the third film version of Cyril Harcourt's 1914 play, A Pair of Silk Stockings. The first two were both silent films: a 1918 Lewis J. Selznick presentation also called A Pair of Silk Stockings,[6] and a 1927 Universal film, Silk Stockings.[7] These films are unrelated to the 1957 film, Silk Stockings, a musical remake of Ninotchka (1939).[3]

The film premiered in San Diego, California on December 22, 1932, and went into general American release on January 5, 1933.[8]

Notes
  1. TCM Screenplay info
  2. "A Pair of Silk Stockings". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
  3. TCM They Just Had to Get Married notes, tcm.com; accessed August 4, 2015.
  4. TCM Full synopsis
  5. Brennan, Sandra Synopsis, allmovie.com; accessed September 23, 2015.
  6. "A Pair of Silk Stockings". IMDb.com. Internet Movie Database.
  7. "Silk Stockings (1927)". IMDb.com. Internet Movie Database.
  8. IMDB They Just Had to Get Married release date, imdb.com; accessed August 4, 2015.
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