We Have Our Moments
Cast & Crew
Alfred L. Werker
Sally Eilers
James Dunn
Mischa Auer
Thurston Hall
David Niven
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Synopsis
Mary Smith, a schoolteacher in the small town of Battleburo, is planning to marry Clem Porter in September, but he insists on a honeymoon in nearby Sioux City so as not to conflict with his fall bowling schedule. Tired of small-town life, Mary books passage on a cruiser bound for Europe, promising Clem she will return in September once she has seen the world. On the ship, Mary poses as a sophisticate and meets Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rutherford and their accomplice, "Smacksey," who has just stolen $100,000 from a U.S. bank. Also on the boat are British "gentleman" Joe Gilling, and American detective John Wade, who says he is a schoolteacher. The two compete for Mary's attention, and she is amicable to both. When the Rutherfords see John on board and learn that Smacksey's stateroom was searched, they have Smacksey hide the money, which is in a cigar box, in Mary's trunk. The thieves then see Mary getting friendly with John, and Frank suggests retrieving the money, but Mary's trunk has been moved to the luggage compartment filled with hundreds of look-alike trunks. At a reception given by the ship's captain, Joe recognizes Frank as "Thousand Percent Rutherford" and, introducing himself as "English Joe Gilling," offers him $75,000 in "cool" English money in exchange for Frank's $100,000 in "hot" American money. That night, as Mary is kissing Joe on deck, John interrupts, hits Joe and kisses Mary, who then slaps him. All decide to go ashore at Monte Carlo, but before they dock, Captain Enrico Mussetti of the French secret police suggests to John that all the passengers' luggage be searched. In an attempt to make up with Mary, John calls off the search of her trunk at the last minute, and the cigar box makes it safely into Monte Carlo. At the Hotel Imperial, a maid discovers the cigars, and Mary finds the money before a note is slipped under her door by Smacksey warning her to keep quiet and promising her a cut in the take. Joe asks Mary for a date and she tells him about the money, which he hides in the phone cabinet so that Smacksey can retrieve it later. Mary, now suspicious of John for stopping the search at customs, hides the money in the chandelier in her room. Mussetti, identifying Joe as "English Joe" to John, is suspicious of Mary, but John assures him she is innocent. Clem, meanwhile, has arrived in Monte Carlo, and when Mary gives him her roulette winnings, John thinks Clem is one of the crooks. When Mary returns to her room, she is met by the Rutherfords, Smacksey, and Joe, who demand the money. John enters with Clem, claiming he has found the thief and the loot, just as Mussetti's men open fire in the room. Everyone hits the floor, and the money falls from the chandelier. Mussetti arrests the thieves, and John promises him he will take care of Mary by marrying her.
Director
Alfred L. Werker
Cast
Sally Eilers
James Dunn
Mischa Auer
Thurston Hall
David Niven
Warren Hymer
Marjorie Gateson
Grady Sutton
Joyce Compton
Franklyn Pangborn
Virginia Sale
Ray Brown
George Davis
Margaret Mcwade
Olaf Hytten
Margaret Armstrong
Alice Ardell
Alphonse Martell
Gunnis Davis
Jerry Larkin
Tommy Bupp
Don Hulbert
Adrienne D'ambricourt
Frank Puglia
Bob Cautiero
Albert Petit
Pietro Sosso
Jack Chefe
Delmar Watson
Bob Mckenzie
Martin Turner
John Maurice Sullivan
Dot Farley
Crew
Charles S. Belden
Howard Christie
William R. Fox
John P. Fulton
Edmund Grainger
Charles Grayson
Frank Gross
James Hartnett
Milton Krasner
Bruce Manning
Jack Otterson
Charles Previn
Charles R. Rogers
Frederick Stephani
Edward Wetzel
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According to a Hollywood Reporter news item on February 4, 1937, when assistant director James Hartnett became ill during production, Harold Christie took over.
