

The Gilded Lily(1935)
Overview
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.
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Claudette Colbert
Marilyn David

Fred MacMurray
Peter Dawes

Ray Milland
Charles Gray Granville

C. Aubrey Smith
Lloyd Granville
Eddie Craven
Eddie

Luis Alberni
Nate

Forrester Harvey
Proprietor, English Inn

Grace Bradley
Daisy

Warren Hymer
Taxi Driver

Donald Meek
Hankerson

Claude King
Captain of Boat
Charles Irwin
Oscar

Edward Gargan
Guard

Charles C. Wilson
Managing Editor

Pat Somerset
Man in London Club

Tom Dugan
The Bum

Eddie Borden
Photographer

Leonid Kinskey
Vocal Teacher (uncredited)
Jack Albin
International News Photographer (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey
Purser (uncredited)

Ambrose Barker
British Reporter (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow
Managing Editor (uncredited)
William Begg
Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)

Jay Belasco
London Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Georgie Billings
Guard's Son (uncredited)
William A. Boardway
London Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Michelette Burani
Marie, Marilyn's Maid (uncredited)

Rudolph Cameron
Photographer (uncredited)
Cherry Campbell
Cameraman at New York Apartment (uncredited)

Rita Carlyle
Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
Sheila Darcy
Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)

Jane Darwell
Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

Robert Dudley
Store Clerk (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn
Reporter (uncredited)

Jay Eaton
London Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Jack Egan
Photographer (uncredited)
Hyman Fink
Freelance Photographer (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
English Waiter (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
Barney (uncredited)
Captain Francis
London Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Dick French
Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Policeman (uncredited)
Sam Harris
London Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Samuel E. Hines
Cameraman at New York Apartment (uncredited)

George Humbert
Popcorn Man (uncredited)
Perry Ivins
Cameraman at New York Apartment (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Small Woman (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Extra (uncredited)

Rollo Lloyd
City Editor (uncredited)
Dixie Loftin
Neighbor (uncredited)

Jerry Mandy
Waiter at Nate's (uncredited)
Stanley Mann
Steward with Telegram (uncredited)

Frank McLure
London Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Clive Morgan
Englishman (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
London Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Esther Muir
Divorcee (uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
Otto Bushe - The Shovel King (uncredited)

Jack Norton
Photographer (uncredited)

Patsy O'Byrne
Neighbor (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Albert Pollet
Headwaiter (uncredited)

James Quinn
Second Guard (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Headwaiter (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell
Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
Gale Ronn
Patron at Nate's Cafe (uncredited)
Mel Ruick
English Band Leader (uncredited)
Walter Shumway
Assistant Editor (uncredited)
Cameron Smith
Assistant City Editor (uncredited)

Larry Steers
London Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Hayden Stevenson
Photographer (uncredited)
Mark Strong
Neighbor (uncredited)

Forrest Taylor
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Phil Tead
Rollercoaster Attendant (uncredited)
Bob Thom
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
David Thursby
British Reporter (uncredited)
Marjorie Timm
Girl (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift
Neighbor (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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