Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live 1938 is a comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne and featuring Ann Dvorak, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke, Tom Brown, Alan Mowbray, Clarence Kolb and Patsy Kelly. The film was produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios, and was released by MetroGoldwynMayer. The screenplay is by Eddie Moran and Jack Jevne.

Grosvenor Mowbray, the Kilbournes butler, discovers at breakfast that the family silver has been stolen by the latest tramp, Ambrose, whom Emily Kilbourne Burke had taken under her wing as the chauffeur, in her latest attempt to reform fallen and destitute men, much to the exasperation of the rest of the family. A distressed Emily swears off taking in any more tramps, to the delight of the rest of the family. However, later in the morning, Wade Rawlins Aherne appears at the doorstep. His car had broken down when he got out, it rolled off a cliff. He wants to use the telephone, but is instead immediately adopted by Emily Kilbourne, despite the rude efforts of Grosvenor and Emilys daughters Geraldine Jerry Bennett and Marion Granville. Further attempts to convince Mrs. Kilbourne to get rid of this latest tramp are blissfully ignored.Rawlins, appointed as the new replacement chauffeur is set up in the servants quarters. He is overheard talking to himself while cleaning up by Grosvenor and suspected to be crazy. Jerry and Marion see the spruced up tramp looking the perfect gentleman and Jerry likes it when he later brushes off Jerrys arrogant wannabee boyfriend, Herbert Wheeler Reed. They now have second thoughts when their father, Henry Kilbourne Kolb, who has returned from work tells Emily that he is putting his foot down and orders that they get rid of the new tramp the next day. ........

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