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Six Cylinder Love (1931 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Six Cylinder Love' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Fox and Edward Everett Horton. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a remake of their 1923 silent original. Both films are based on the 1921 Broadway play.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7049 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Six Cylinder Love'][http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=12612 'Six Cylinder Love' presented on Broadway at the Sam H. Harris Theatre, August 1921; IBDb.com] It recorded a loss of $25,000. A further remake 'The Honeymoon's Over' was released in 1939.
Synopsis
A fast-talking auto salesman persuades a couple of newlyweds to purchase a new car that they can ill afford to boost their social prestige. It soon proves to be more trouble than it is worth, leading to the wife getting into trouble by drunk driving and the husband to fall foul of his boss. Eventually, with the help of the auto salesman, they find someone else to sell the car to.
Cast
* Spencer Tracy as William Donroy
* Edward Everett Horton as Monty Winston
* Sidney Fox as Marilyn Sterling
* Lorin Raker as Gilbert Sterling
* William Collier, Sr. as Richard Burton
* Una Merkel as Margaret Rogers
* William Holden as Stapleton
* Bert Roach as Harold Rogers
* Ruth Warren as Mrs. Burton
* El Brendel as Axel
References
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