“ Breakfast for Two ” Romantic Comedy

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 9, 12 January 1938, Page 5

“ Breakfast for Two ” Romantic Comedy

NEW TEAM OF STARS IN SPRIGHTLY FILM (State: Screening Friday.) Brought together for the first time as co-stars in the romantic comedy, “Breakfast for Two” are Barbara Stanwyck and Herbert Marshall. They are supported by a quartette of fun-makers including Eric Blore, Glenda Farrell, Etienne Girardot and D,onald Meek. “Breakfast for Two” is based on David Garth's novel of the same name. The screen play was written by Charles Ivaufnmn, Paul Yawitz and Viola Brothers Shore. This sparkling comedyromance directed by A 1 Santell deals in sprightly fashion with a rich girl's efforts to make a man out of a charming idler.

Herbert Marshall, as the last of the ship-owning Blairs and president of the Blair Steamship Lines, takes no interest in the affairs of the company and prefers night life iu a big way, while tho Lines arc rapidly going into bankruptcy. Barbara Stanwyck is an heiress from Texas, who meets Marshall during a hectic tour of the New York night clubs and escorts him home, only to discover he is practically engaged to Glenda Farrell, as a gold-digging actress whose career he is financing. Undaunted, Miss Stanwyck decides io make a man of Marshall whether ho likes it or not, and proceeds to buy control of the Lines from Tinder his nose. Enraged by what he considers her trickery, Marshall prepares to fight back but, practically penniless, is in no position to do so. Miss Stanwyck makes him vice-president of the company to build up his morale—and learns he intends to marry Miss Farrell. How the heiress and Marshall’s faithful valet, Eric Blore, team together to prevent this and to stimulate Marshall into putting up a fight for his firm and his name, leads to the exciting and hilarious series of climaxes. Produced by Edward Kaufman and directed by Alfred Santell, “Breakfast or Two” is an RKO Radio release.