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Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Director(s)	Richard Boleslawski
Producer(s)	Everett Riskin (associate)
Top Genres	Comedy, Romance
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Irene Dunne
(as Theodora Lynn)

Melvyn Douglas
(as Michael Grant)

Thomas Mitchell
(as Jed Waterbury)

Theodora Goes Wild Overview:

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Richard Boleslawski and produced by Everett Riskin.

Academy Awards 1936 --- Ceremony Number 9 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Actress	Irene Dunne	Nominated
Best Film Editing	Otto Meyer	Nominated

Classic Films in Focus: THEODORA GOES WILD (1936)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 25, 2023 From Virtual Virago

The truly delightful Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is an underappreciated gem of the screwball genre, one that ought to be much better known today among fans of classic romantic comedy. Its stars, Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas, are A-listers performing at their comedic best in this outing, although dir... Read full article

Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas in "Theodora Goes Wild"

By Stephen Reginald on Apr 5, 2022 From Classic Movie Man

Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas in "Theodora Goes Wild" Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is an American screwball comedy directed by Richard Boleslawski and starring Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas. The supporting cast includes Thomas Mitchell, Spring Byington, Thurston Hall, and Robert Greig.Theodora L... Read full article

Theodora Goes Wild (1936): Irene Dunne The Comedienne

By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 27, 2021 From 4 Star Films

The Lynfield Bugle, led by their fearless leader Jed Waterbury (Thomas Mitchell), keeps their nose to the proverbial grindstone printing the news as it happens in “The Biggest Little Town in Connecticut.” Their latest act of rebellion constitutes printing a spread from the latest lurid b... Read full article

Screening of "Theodora Goes Wild" at Daystar Center September 8

By Stephen Reginald on Aug 27, 2018 From Classic Movie Man

Screening of "Theodora Goes Wild" at Daystar Center September 8 Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Where: Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street, Room 102 When: September 1, 2018 Time: 6:45 p.m Hosted by Stephen Reginald Imagine you’re a small-town girl from New England, raised by two maiden a... Read full article

THEODORA GOES WILD (1936):Unmoral and Unfit to Print!

By FlickChick on Apr 11, 2016 From A Person in the Dark

This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association Words, Words, Words! Blogathon celebrating writers in film. Click HERE for more words about words! Who among us has not dreamed of writing a juicy best seller? Imagine the fame, the fortune, the fun! And, just because we are all quite respect... Read full article

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Quotes from

Theodora Lynn: I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad.

Jed Waterbury: [to Henry after getting calls objecting to the story] The buzzards are swoopin' down on us, Henry!

Theodora Lynn: Oh, by the way, your mother made some cookies for me, but I met a hungry man, and he ate them up.

Facts about

The dialogue from this film is re-used in the film Bedtime Story, in which Fredric March portrays a playwright and Loretta Young his actress wife. All the dialogue in March's new "play" is actually from the screenplay of this film. It's virtually word for word, with only the heroine's name changed. The "gardener" referred to in the dialogue is of course Melvyn Douglas. Columbia Pictures, the distributor of "Bedtime Story," made this film, too, but none of the writers overlap between the films. Interestingly, in "Bedtime Story," the actors playing the onstage scene are not meant to be in a comedy. What is borrowed is the confrontation over the gardener between Theodora, her aunt, and the local club ladies. Also, in an early scene, March has an inspiration for the last line of his play - something about nobody in the town ever calling the heroine "baby" before - an idea that figures in "Theodora Goes Wild" as well.

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 29, 1943 with Irene Dunne reprising her film role with often paired co-star Cary Grant.

Marian Marsh was in a Hollywood Reporter cast list for this movie, but she did not appear.

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