Cross-Country Romance (1940) on Netflix
Approved19401h 8mComedyRomance
Diane North slips away from her own wedding and hides in the trailer of Dr. Lawrence Smith, a bacteriologist bound for San Francisco. She calls herself Maggie "Jonesy" Jones.
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Plot summary
A bacteriologist bound for San Francisco discovers he has a passenger: Diane North, a high-profile heiress who walked out on her own wedding and is hiding in the trailer he is towing. He is heading for a ship to China, where he is to join work on a cure for a serious disease. Diane gives the name Maggie "Jonesy" Jones and says she is penniless and on her way to an uncle. Larry looks for chances to leave her behind, and she finds ways to stay. Diane's mother, who is wealthy, posts a reward for her daughter's safe return and fears a kidnapping, while Walter Corbett, the fiance, stays unbothered. Two swindlers at a diner spot her and climb into the trailer.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Cross-Country Romance (1940)
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- Cross-Country Romance was one of Hedda Hopper's last screen roles before she left acting to work full time on her influential gossip column, which she had started in 1938.
