Paradise for Three

Paradise for Three, titled Romance for Three in the United Kingdom, is a 1938 American romantic comedy film starring Frank Morgan as a wealthy industrialist who learns about his Austrian workers by surreptitiously living among them. It was adapted from Erich Kästner's novel Three Men in the Snow, published in 1934.

Paradise for Three
Directed byEdward Buzzell
Written byErich Kästner (novel)
George Oppenheimer
Harry Ruskin
Dalton Trumbo (uncredited)
Gladys Unger (uncredited)
Irma von Cube (uncredited)
Produced bySam Zimbalist
StarringFrank Morgan
Robert Young
Mary Astor
Florence Rice
CinematographyLeonard Smith
Charles Lawton Jr. (uncredited)
Edited byElmo Veron
Music byEdward Ward
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • June 4, 1938 (1938-06-04)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$359,000[1]
Box office$751,000[1]

Paradise for Three is the third of several film adaptations of Kästner's novel. It was preceded by the French film A Rare Bird in 1935. Other films bearing the title of the novel were released in 1936, 1955 and 1974.

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Frank S. Nugent called Paradise for Three "a light, slight and agile farce, something in the nature of a dividend from a Metro preferred stock company" and "a genial show."[2]

According to MGM records, the film earned $421,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $330,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $118,000.[1]

References
  1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. Nugent, Frank S. (1938-02-16). "A Farce, as Its Title Implies, 'Paradise for Three' Opens at Rialto—New Swedish Film Is Shown". The New York Times. p. 17.


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