I Live for Love (1935)
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Genres - Musical, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy, Showbiz Comedy |
Release Date - Sep 28, 1935 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 64 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Though Busby Berkeley is the director of I Live for Love, there isn't a dancer or dance number anywhere to be seen. Dolores Del Rio stars as hot-tempered South American stage favorite Donna Alvarez, who is brought to America to headline a Broadway show. The film details the backstage romance between Donna and her handsome co-star Roger Kerry (played by Everett Marshall, an opera star who'd last been seen on-screen in 1930's Dixiana). They fight, make up, fight again, make up again, and fight and make up again. And that's all, folks. The film's singular highlight is the barbershop-quartet lampoon "A Man Must Shave".
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actor, backstage, career, couple, extramarital-affair, love, lover, performer, producer [showbiz], promiscuity, romance, songwriter, stage, stars [celebrities], street-singer, tragic-love, marshal
