He Stayed for Breakfast
Cast & Crew
Alexander Hall
Loretta Young
Melvyn Douglas
Alan Marshal
Eugene Pallette
Una O'connor
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Synopsis
Paul Beliot, a Communist organizer working as a waiter in Paris, shoots a coffee cup from the hand of fat capitalist Maurice Duval because the banker's lifted pinky finger annoys him. Disguised as a policeman in order to elude the authorities, Paul takes refuge in the apartment of Marianne Duval, the banker's estranged wife. Intrigued by the fugitive, Marianne hides him in her apartment, but with a round the clock guard surrounding the building, he becomes trapped. This causes problems when Duval visits his estranged wife and newspaper publisher Andre Dorlay comes to court her. As Marianne juggles three men, Paul tries to convert her maid, Doreta, and denounces capitalism and preaches revolution until he becomes accustomed to living in luxury and is enchanted by Marianne's beauty. Gradually, Paul comes to realize that he has fallen in love with Marianne. Their romance is endangered when Paul is summoned to the Communist headquarters and ordered to surrender himself under circumstances that would place the blame on Marianne. After refusing, Paul returns to Marianne's apartment, where he is discovered by Dorlay and Duval, who turn him over to the police. To get Duval to drop charges against Paul, Marianne agrees to return to her husband and Paul is released. The next morning, as Marianne and her husband sit down at the breakfast table, Duval crooks his finger in an annoying arc, and Marianne, irked, shoots the cup from his hand. She then flees to Paul's garret, where the two prepare to set sail for America.
Director
Alexander Hall
Cast
Loretta Young
Melvyn Douglas
Alan Marshal
Eugene Pallette
Una O'connor
Curt Bois
Leonid Kinsky
Trevor Bardette
Henry Hale
Grady Sutton
Frank Sully
Evelyn Young
Ethelreda Leopold
William Castle
Ernie Adams
Jack Rice
Harry Semels
Jack Douglas
Ferdinand Munier
Guy Repp
Charles Wagenheim
Nestor Paiva
Vernon Dent
Frederick Worlock
Leonard Mudie
George Burr Macannan
Jack Lowe
Art Miles
Jack Raymond
Bob St. Angelo
George Andre Beranger
Joseph Kamaryt
Billy Newell
Edward Colebrook
Walter Merrill
Crew
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Sidney Howard's play was a loose adaptation of the French play Liberte' Provisoire by Michel Duran, which opened in Paris on April 20, 1934. This picture marked B. P. Schulberg's return to producing after a three-year absence.
