| Hard to Get | |
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
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| Based on | Stuffed Shirt 1932 story in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan by Stephen Morehouse Avery |
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| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Thomas Richards |
| Music by | Heinz Eric Roemheld |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hard to Get is a 1938 American romantic comedy film starring Dick Powell and Olivia de Havilland.[1] Written by Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo, and Richard Macaulay, and directed by Ray Enright, the film is about a spoiled young heiress who tries to charge some gasoline at an auto court and is forced by the attendant to work out her bill by making beds and cleaning rooms. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and then sends him to her father to get financing for his plan to develop a string of auto courts across the country, knowing he will only be wasting his time. Hard to Get was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on November 5, 1938.[2]
- ^ Hal Erickson (2007). "Hard to Get (1938)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
- ^ "Hard to Get (1938)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 22, 2013.