Four's a Crowd Plot Summary and Details

Plot

A standard-issue "screwball comedy" of the 1930s, Four's a Crowd starred a quartet of Warner Bros' biggest stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia DeHavilland, Rosalind Russell and Patric Knowles. Flynn plays a publicity agent hired to stir up "good press" for a nasty millionaire (Walter Connolly). Errol accomplishes this by going back to his old job as editor of a newspaper owned by Knowles, then using the paper to elucidate Connolly's virtues. Along the way, he romances Olivia de Havilland, who plays Connolly's daughter, and Rosalind Russell, portraying--surprise, surprise--Knowles' star reporter. Much to the amazement of the audience, Flynn ends up not with his frequent costar DeHavilland but with Russell. Fast-moving and chucklesome, Four's a Crowd was nothing new; chances are it would never have been made had it not been for the success of the vaguely similar MGM comedy Libelled Lady (36), which likewise had a quadruple-barreled starring lineup (Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, William Powell and Myrna Loy).

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Comedy,Romance

Run Time:

91min.

Director(s):

Michael Curtiz

Starring:

Errol Flynn , Olivia de Havilland , Rosalind Russell , Patric Knowles , Walter Connolly

Themes:

Fathers and Daughters,Members of the Press

Tone:

Humorous,Madcap,Slick,Witty

Keywords:

agent [representative],assignment,boss [employer],bride,client,daughter,editor,employment,executive,family,headlines,image [picture],lady,love,man,marriage,millionaire,nasty,news,newspaper,press,pressure,public,public-relations,publicity,relationship,reporter,romance,secrets,virtue,woman