If You Could Only Cook

Name: If You Could Only Cook
Released: 1935
Rating: 50.7
Cast: Lionel Stander, Jean Arthur, Herbert Marshall, Frieda Inescort, Leo Carrillo

1935

Comedy

1h 12m

Auto magnate James Buchanan has a fiancée who doesn't love him and a board of directors who won't listen to him. Brooding on a park bench, he meets unemployed Joan Hawthorne, a fine cook who needs a partner to apply for a 'couple' butler/cook job with gourmet ex-bootlegger Mike Rossini. Bemused, Buchanan goes along with the gag, taking lessons from his own butler. But there's sure to be a day of reckoning... (imdb)

If You Could Only Cook

1935

Comedy

1h 12m

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SinnerMa

Rated 04 Nov 2017

About as substantial as fairy floss and about as sweet............but if you're in the mood for some 30's era silly romance this isn't bad at all and thoroughly watchable. Good performances all round and some giggles. Rated 70 where 70 means- not a classic but a good one in the 30's rom-com style. Will certainly bring a smile to your face if you're looking for an older style of movie. This one may be pleasant surprise, it was for me.

Rated 04 Nov 2017

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Sheldrake

Rated 22 Nov 2013

Well, Jean Arthur is pretty cute. Otherwise, the languid pace and jokes that pretty much require a rubber chicken to pull off kind of sink this one.

Rated 22 Nov 2013

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PUNQ

Rated 29 Sep 2013

Mild and effective screwball comedy with helpful gangsters and a millionaire in disguise. Herbert Marshall take a little time-out from the car manufacture business and fiancés to meet and share in the life of a charming lady he meets at a park bench. Jean Arthur is a girl out of luck searching for a job and together they get a gig as cook and butler for the mob. The gangster duo Leo Carrillo & Lionel Stander are the real treat while Marshall is the calm gentleman and Arthur the silly woman.

Rated 29 Sep 2013

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