Small Town Girl (1936 film)

Small Town Girl
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Robert Z. Leonard (uncredited)
Screenplay byJohn Lee Mahin
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Edith Fitzgerald
Based onSmall Town Girl
1935 novel
by Ben Ames Williams
Produced byHunt Stromberg
StarringJanet Gaynor
Robert Taylor
James Stewart
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Charles Rosher
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Music byHerbert Stothart
Edward Ward
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 10, 1936 (1936-04-10)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$760,000[1]
Box office$1,605,000[1]

Small Town Girl is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine, Lewis Stone and Edgar Kennedy.

Based on a novel by Ben Ames Williams, the film went through many changes before it reached the screen. The script is credited to John Lee Mahin, Edith Fitzgerald, and the husband-and-wife team of Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich.

It has no relation to the 1953 MGM musical film of the same title.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.