Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Monday, Dec. 26 - The Gilded Lily

The Gilded Lily (1935)

Pete (MacMurray) and Marilyn (Colbert) are friends who meet on a bench every Thursday to eat popcorn and chat while they watch the world go by. Pete is quietly crazy about Marilyn, but she's waiting for "true love" to come along...and indeed, she meets Mr. Right, Charles (Milland), on the subway. Unbeknownst to Marilyn, Charles is a member of the nobility who's been traveling incognito. Charles intends to go back to England, break his engagement, and return to propose to Marilyn, but instead he makes a big mistake and tells her he's leaving for a job. When Marilyn finds out Charles' true identity, she believes he was insincere and has played her for a fool. She determines to get back at him, with news reporter Pete's help -- and in the process, she becomes a celebrity.

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