THEODORA GOES WILD.

Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne) is a Sunday school teacher and former church organist in Lynnfield, Connecticut. She is raised by two spinster aunts, Mary (Elisabeth Risdon) and Elsie Lynn (Margaret McWade) She also happens to be, under the pen name Caroline Adams, the secret author of a bestselling book that has the straight-laced Lynnfield Literary Circle in an uproar. When he makes a pass at her, she panics and flees, much to his amusement. She courts publicity by revealing herself as the true Caroline Adams.

Credits

Cast
Irene Dunne (Best Actress nominee), Melvyn Douglas, Thurston Hall
Complete catalog record
THEODORA GOES WILD. 1936. 10 reels, sd. Credits: Director, Richard Boleslawski; original story, Mary McCarthy; screenplay, Sidney Buchman; film editor, Otto Meyer; music director, Morris Stoloff. Columbia Pictures Corp. of California, Ltd.; 4Nov36; LP6689.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, color, country, genre, description, credits, catalog record
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