The Richest Girl in the World *** (1934, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray) – Classic Movie Review 8230

Director William A Seiter’s The Richest Girl in the World is a welcome forgotten movie from 1934, starring Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea and Fay Wray. It is a bubbly little, typically Thirties, romantic screwball comedy about an heiress Dorothy Hunter (Hopkins) pretending to be her secretary Sylvia Lockwood (Wray) – and vice versa – to make sure her boyfriend Tony Travers (McCrea) truly loves her for herself (and not her dough, of course).

A familiar theme is nimbly developed in a brightly written story and screenplay by Norman Krasna, who was Oscar nominated for Best Original Story, and the movie is amiably acted by a nice, friendly cast, with the three stars well teamed. And there is fast-paced, adroit handling by director Seiter.

Also in the cast are Henry Stephenson, Reginald Denny, Beryl Mercer, George Meeker, Wade Botelier, Herbert Bunston, Burr McIntosh, Edgar Norton, Harry Bowen, William Burress, Edward Cooper, William Gould, Fred Howard, Olaf Hytten, Selmer Jackson, Mike Lally and John Marshall.

It was remade as Bride by Mistake (1944) and The French Line (1953).

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