After meeting her in Paris, a penniless marquis relentlessly pursues a famous actress.After meeting her in Paris, a penniless marquis relentlessly pursues a famous actress.After meeting her in Paris, a penniless marquis relentlessly pursues a famous actress.
Fernand Gravey
- Rene Vilardell
- (as Fernand Gravet)
Ottola Nesmith
- Agnes
- (as Tola Nesmith)
Tempe Pigott
- Bessie
- (as Tempe Piggott)
Jeni Le Gon
- Singer at Le Petit Harlem
- (as Jeni LeGon)
Jean Benedict
- Evelyn
- (uncredited)
Jack Deery
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Cynthia
- (uncredited)
Elizabeth Dunne
- Tourist Buying Rug
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFools for Scandal was an enormous box-office failure. Although Carole Lombard considered The Gay Bride her worst film, many contemporary fans give Fools for Scandal that distinction. Lombard lacked chemistry with Gravet, and audiences, who had already begun tiring of screwball comedies, noted a similarity between the plots of Fools for Scandal and Lombard's previous screwball film My Man Godfrey. The film was such a box office failure it prompted Carole Lombard to pursue dramatic parts for the next few years until she did Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941).
- Quotes
Kay Winters: You know, today, I saw Paris for the first time. Isn't France wonderful! Everybody speaks French, even the children.
- ConnectionsReferences Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932)
- SoundtracksFools for Scandal
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Played during the opening credits
Whistled by Fernand Gravey
Rhymed dialogue between Fernand Gravey and Carole Lombard
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Very pleasant surprise.
This film is described in Carole Lombard's biography by Larry Swindell as "one of the horrendous flops of the thirties decade" and by Photoplay as "inane" and "pointless". I must say that I was expecting something as horrendous as Carole's 1933 movie "White Woman", but was pleasantly surprised to find this an endearing, lighthearted romp. The actors seemed to enjoy themselves and recognize that they were not filming Shakespeare, but a screwball comedy. The scenes are varied and interesting, the action moves along at a bright pace and things are anything but dull, including a surprise ending to top things off.
The only criticism I can make is that Carole does seem to shout her lines for some unknown reason. I assume this is the director's fault. And the overall tone of the movie should probably have been toned down and played with more sophistication in spots to give the film a little more class. In a few places it almost goes over the top into a "Three Stooges" mode. Ralph Bellamy really made me laugh a few times. However, Carole has never been more beautiful, and I was not turned off by Fernand Gravet's performance as so many seemed to have been at the time. Come on, no ones perfect. If this film had been made a few years earlier in her career, I think it could easily have been a classic.
The only criticism I can make is that Carole does seem to shout her lines for some unknown reason. I assume this is the director's fault. And the overall tone of the movie should probably have been toned down and played with more sophistication in spots to give the film a little more class. In a few places it almost goes over the top into a "Three Stooges" mode. Ralph Bellamy really made me laugh a few times. However, Carole has never been more beautiful, and I was not turned off by Fernand Gravet's performance as so many seemed to have been at the time. Come on, no ones perfect. If this film had been made a few years earlier in her career, I think it could easily have been a classic.
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- elginbrod2000
- Apr 10, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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