Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
- Date of release
- 1939-09-29
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Edward H. Griffith
Casting
- Fred MacMurray — Bill Burnett
- Madeleine Carroll — Gail Allen
- Allan Jones — Eric Sinclair
- Akim Tamiroff — Window Washer
- Helen Broderick — Lorna Smith
- Osa Massen — Noel Van Mess
- Carolyn Lee — Rosie
- Astrid Allwyn — Fortune Teller
- Georgia Caine — Miss Stone
- Fritzi Brunette — Secretary
- William B. Davidson — Store Detective
- Benny Bartlett — Messenger Boy
Interesting facts
- Based on: Our Miss Keane
Honeymoon in Bali is a 1939 American romantic comedy film. It is also known by the alternative titles Husbands or Lovers and My Love for Yours. Virginia Van Upp's screenplay was based on the short stories "Our Miss Keane" by Grace Sartwell Mason in The Saturday Evening Post of May 24, 1923, and "Free Woman" by Katharine Brush in Redbook magazine of November–December 1936. In 1936 Paramount announced a film of Our Miss Keane to star Merle Oberon to be produced.
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