As Good as Married

1937 film by Edward Buzzell

May 21, 1937 (1937-05-21) (New York City)

Running time

73 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

As Good as Married is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring John Boles, Doris Nolan and Walter Pidgeon.^[1] The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.^[2] Filming started in December 1936.^[3]

Plot

In order to avoid a large tax bill, a boss marries his secretary and ends up falling in love with her.

Cast

John Boles as Alexander Drew
Doris Nolan as Sylvia Parker
Walter Pidgeon as Fraser James
Tala Birell as Princess Cherry Bouladoff
Alan Mowbray as Wally
Katharine Alexander as Alma Burnside
Esther Ralston as Miss Danforth
Ernest Cossart as Quinn
Mary Philips as Laura
Dorothea Kent as Poochie
David Oliver as Ernie
Harry Davenport as Jessup
Billy Kent Schaefer as Page
Elsa Christiansen as Jean Stafford
Rita Gould as Saleslady

References

^ Fetrow p.26
^ De Mille to Make Film Based on Life of Jean Lafitte New York Times 12 Dec 1936: 15.
^ Of Local Origin New York Times 22 Dec 1936: 32.

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Sound Films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1992.

External links

As Good as Married at IMDb
As Good as Married at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Edward Buzzell

The Big Timer (1932)
Virtue (1932)
Child of Manhattan (1933)
Ann Carver's Profession (1933)
Cross Country Cruise (1934)
The Human Side (1934)
Transient Lady (1935)
The Girl Friend (1935)
Three Married Men (1936)
The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936)
Paradise for Three (1938)
Fast Company (1938)
Honolulu (1939)
At the Circus (1939)
Go West (1940)
The Get-Away (1941)
Married Bachelor (1941)
Ship Ahoy (1942)
The Omaha Trail (1942)
The Youngest Profession (1943)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)
Easy to Wed (1946)
Three Wise Fools (1946)
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Emergency Wedding (1950)
Confidentially Connie (1953)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)
Mary Had a Little... (1961)

v t e Works by Norman Krasna
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Films	Hollywood Speaks (1932) That's My Boy (1932) So This Is Africa (1933) Parole Girl (1933) Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! (1933) Bombshell (1933) Meet the Baron (1933) The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Romance in Manhattan (1935) Hands Across the Table (1935) Four Hours to Kill! (1935) Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Fury (1936) The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) As Good as Married (1937) Big City (1937) (also producer) The First Hundred Years (1938) (also producer) You and Me (1938) Bachelor Mother (1939) It's a Date (1940) The Flame of New Orleans (1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) It Started with Eve (1941) Princess O'Rourke (1943) (also director) Bride by Mistake (1944) (original story) Practically Yours (1944) The Big Hangover (1950) (also director) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Behave Yourself! (1951) (producer only) The Blue Veil (1951) (producer only) Clash by Night (1952) (producer only) The Lusty Men (1952) (producer only) White Christmas (1954) Bundle of Joy (1956) The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) (also director) Indiscreet (1958) Let's Make Love (1960) Who Was That Lady? (1960) My Geisha (1962) Sunday in New York (1963) I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

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