A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
Acting
Jane Wyatt's spoiled-to-scrappy transformation is pure charm.
Costume
Gowns to gingham — the wardrobe tells its own story.
Director
Edward Buzzell
Jane Wyatt
Pat Duncan
Louis Hayward
Anthony McClellan
Mary Russell
Manicurist
Nat Pendleton
Dugan
Eugene Pallette
Campbell Duncan
Catherine Doucet
Mrs. Rosalie Duncan
Phillip Reed
Percy Mayhew
Dorothea Kent
Mary
Edward Earle
Headwaiter
Corbet Morris
Waiter
Billy Wayne
Waiter
Crauford Kent
Judge
Mitchell Ingraham
Judge
Milton Holmes
Tennis Player
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jane Wyatt's second film role — she booked it fresh off Broadway and would later become America's mom on 'Father Knows Best.'
The $150 monthly budget was roughly equivalent to $3,200 today — still comfortable for 1936 audiences, making Pat's 'struggle' more aspirational fantasy than genuine hardship.
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