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There Goes My Heart

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Eager to break free of her constrained life, heiress Joan Butterfield (Virginia Bruce) runs away from her grandfather's yacht just as reporter Bill Spencer (Fredric March) arrives to get a rare photo of her. Befriended by the kind Peggy (Patsy Kelly), Joan takes an assumed name and moves in with Peggy, then joins her working at Butterfield's department store. Bill, who has begun an article on Joan, visits the store and, recognizing her there, realizes that he has stumbled upon a hot story.

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John Kinloch California Eagle 10/22/2019
[There Goes My Heart] manages to overcome the handicap of a hackneyed plot with clever performances by its stars and America's great comic institution, Patsy Kelly. Go to Full Review
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Jane D 07/31/2024 Decent remake of It Happened One Night. See more 03/10/2019 This is an enjoyable watch all the way through. Finally, an heiress who comes and lives among the common people -- and we get a chance to see her daily life. No butlers and no maids. Scandalous for a 1930s movie! Instead we have a plot and a love story. It's a refreshing change from the depiction of only the elite super rich, the fascination of the the first generation of films. See more 02/25/2013 Sweet bit of silliness with an enjoyable cast. Patsy Kelly comes off best & i just love her 2 bad she isn't more well known or appreciated 2day See more 09/17/2011 Sweet bit of silliness with an enjoyable cast. Patsy Kelly comes off best. See more 01/25/2011 Great dramatic actors do flunk the comedic role exam. Just as one of my all-time favorite dramatic actors, Robert De Niro, simply cannot do comedy, Fredric March gets an "F" as well. I present Exhibit A. <p> It's fascinating to me how some very great actors -- great in the popular annals of film history -- can't seem to make the move to the other side of the acting world, be it dramatic actors who fail in comedic roles or vice versa. <p>By the way, if you've not noticed over the years, I'm a huge fan of Turner Classic Movies, and I strongly encourage all flixsters of any age who may not have checked out TCM to do so. There are so many, many great movies I've discovered thanks to TCM. Without TCM, I would never have seen so many wonderful movies from past movie history. Like my movie buddy Cheryl, I don't think I've quite hit the jaded age where I'll say that the only good movies are "old" movies, but TCM is really a very accessible treasure trove of films we might never add to our Netflix queues. <p> <i>There Goes My Heart</i> is no <i>It Happened One Night,</i> but it is a valuable piece in the puzzle of the history of screwball comedies that is not to be missed. And I am so thankful that I've now seen Virginia Bruce. Thank you TCM! What a wonderful actress. She's worth the price of admission all by herself : ) See more 12/16/2010 a little like Roman Holiday See more Read all reviews
There Goes My Heart

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Synopsis Eager to break free of her constrained life, heiress Joan Butterfield (Virginia Bruce) runs away from her grandfather's yacht just as reporter Bill Spencer (Fredric March) arrives to get a rare photo of her. Befriended by the kind Peggy (Patsy Kelly), Joan takes an assumed name and moves in with Peggy, then joins her working at Butterfield's department store. Bill, who has begun an article on Joan, visits the store and, recognizing her there, realizes that he has stumbled upon a hot story.
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Screenwriter
Eddie Moran, Jack Jevne
Production Co
Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 21m