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      There Goes My Heart

      1938 1h 21m Romance List
      Reviews 53% Audience Score 50+ Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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      John Kinloch California Eagle [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. Oct 22, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member 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. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Sweet bit of silliness with an enjoyable cast. Patsy Kelly comes off best. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 : ) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member a little like Roman Holiday Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member ok stuff rewatch:9/17/11 this is quite a delightful and funny rom-com from hal roach studios thru untied artists was nice to see Bruce play lead instead of her usual supporting roles too bad she wasn't given more opportunities to do so. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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