I Live for Love

1935 film by Busby Berkeley
  • Jerry Wald
  • Julius J. Epstein
  • Robert Hardy Andrews
Produced byBryan FoyStarring
CinematographyGeorge BarnesEdited byTerry O. MorseMusic byHeinz Roemheld
Production
company
Warner Brothers
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • September 28, 1935 (1935-09-28)
Running time
64 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

I Live for Love is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Dolores del Río, Everett Marshall and Guy Kibbee.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley.

Plot summary

Donna (Del Rio) is a diva of the stage and her wish is for her lover, Rico (Alvarado), to be her leading man. To prevent this from happening, the producers pick a man named Roger Kerry (Marshall) from the streets and give him a job.[2]

Main cast

  • Dolores del Río as Donna
  • Everett Marshall as Roger Kerry
  • Guy Kibbee as Henderson
  • Allen Jenkins as Mac
  • Berton Churchill as Fabian
  • Hobart Cavanaugh as Townsend
  • Eddie Conrad as Street Musician
  • Al Shaw as Street Musician
  • Sam Lee as Street Musician
  • Don Alvarado as Rico Cesaro
  • Mary Treen as Clementine - Donna's Maid
  • Robert Greig as Fat Man Dancing at Nightclub

References

  1. ^ Beltrán p.36
  2. ^ Berkeley, Busby (1935-09-28), I Live for Love (Comedy, Musical, Romance), Warner Bros., retrieved 2022-06-28

Bibliography

  • Mary Beltrán. Latina Stars in U.S. Eyes. University of Illinois Press, 2009.

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