Vivacious Lady (1938) on Netflix
Approved19381h 30mComedyRomance
Sent to Manhattan to retrieve his cousin Keith, botany professor Peter Morgan Jr. falls for singer Francey Brent. They marry, and he hides the marriage from his overbearing father in Old Sharon.
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- IMDb7.1/105,095 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes100%
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Peter Morgan Jr. teaches botany at the university in Old Sharon that his father runs. Sent to Manhattan to bring back his cousin Keith, he meets Francey Brent, the nightclub singer Keith has been courting, and the two marry within a day. He brings her home, but Mr. Morgan is proud and overbearing, and Peter cannot bring himself to tell his parents about the wedding. His mother's heart condition interrupts each attempt. Mr. Morgan and Helen, the blueblood woman engaged to Peter, assume Francey is one more of Keith's girlfriends, so she passes as a new botany student and stays at a hotel that admits only women while Peter looks for a way to explain.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Vivacious Lady (1938)
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- After four days of shooting in April 1937, James Stewart fell ill and left to costar in Of Human Hearts; RKO considered replacing him but shelved Vivacious Lady until December 1937.
- Ginger Rogers and James Stewart were dating before Vivacious Lady; the two had never worked together, and Rogers recommended Stewart as her leading man, which became one of his earliest starring roles.
- Donald Crisp and Fay Bainter were cast in the original production of Vivacious Lady, but were replaced by Charles Coburn and Beulah Bondi respectively.
