I Live for Love

1935 film by Busby Berkeley

I Live for Love

Dolores del Rio with Don Alvarado and
Everett Marshall (sitting)

Directed by| Busby Berkeley
Written by|

* Jerry Wald
* Julius J. Epstein
* Robert Hardy Andrews

Produced by| Bryan Foy
Starring|

* Dolores del Río
* Everett Marshall
* Guy Kibbee

Cinematography| George Barnes
Edited by| Terry O. Morse
Music by| Heinz Roemheld

Production
company

Warner Brothers

Distributed by| Warner Brothers

Release date

* September 28, 1935 (1935-09-28)

Running time

| 64 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

I Live for Love is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Dolores del Río, Everett Marshall and Guy Kibbee.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley.

## Plot summary

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Donna (Del Rio) is a diva of the stage and her wish is for her lover, Rico (Alvarado), to be her leading man. To prevent this from happening, the producers pick a man named Roger Kerry (Marshall) from the streets and give him a job.[2]

## Main cast

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* Dolores del Río as Donna
* Everett Marshall as Roger Kerry
* Guy Kibbee as Henderson
* Allen Jenkins as Mac
* Berton Churchill as Fabian
* Hobart Cavanaugh as Townsend
* Eddie Conrad as Street Musician
* Al Shaw as Street Musician
* Sam Lee as Street Musician
* Don Alvarado as Rico Cesaro
* Mary Treen as Clementine - Donna's Maid
* Robert Greig as Fat Man Dancing at Nightclub

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Beltrán p.36
2. ^ Berkeley, Busby (1935-09-28), I Live for Love (Comedy, Musical, Romance), Warner Bros., retrieved 2022-06-28

## Bibliography

[edit]

* Mary Beltrán. Latina Stars in U.S. Eyes. University of Illinois Press, 2009.

## External links

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* I Live for Love at IMDb
* I Live for Love at the TCM Movie Database
* I Live for Love at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
* Media related to I Live for Love (1935 film) at Wikimedia Commons

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Broadway plays
choreographed|

* A Connecticut Yankee (1927)
* Present Arms (1928)
* Sweet and Low (1930)

Films directed|

* 42nd Street (musical numbers, 1933)
* She Had to Say Yes (1933)
* Footlight Parade (musical numbers, 1933)
* Dames (musical numbers, 1934)
* Fashions of 1934 (musical numbers, 1934)
* Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
* Bright Lights (1935)
* I Live for Love (1935)
* In Caliente (musical numbers, 1935)
* Stars Over Broadway (musical numbers, 1935)
* Stage Struck (1936)
* Varsity Show (finale, 1937)
* The Singing Marine (musical numbers, 1937)
* Gold Diggers of 1937 (musical numbers, 1937)
* The Go Getter (1937)
* Hollywood Hotel (1937)
* Men Are Such Fools (1938)
* Gold Diggers in Paris (musical numbers, 1938)
* Garden of the Moon (1938)
* Comet Over Broadway (1938)
* Broadway Serenade (finale, 1939)
* They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
* Fast and Furious (1939)
* Babes in Arms (1939)
* The Wizard of Oz (scenes cut, 1939)
* Forty Little Mothers (1940)
* Strike Up The Band (1940)
* Blonde Inspiration (1941)
* Lady Be Good (musical numbers, 1941)
* Ziegfeld Girl (musical numbers, 1941)
* Babes on Broadway (1941)
* For Me and My Gal (1942)
* Born to Sing (finale, 1942)
* Cabin in the Sky ("Shine" sequence, 1943)
* The Gang's All Here (1943)
* Girl Crazy ("I Got Rhythm" sequence, 1943)
* Cinderella Jones (1946)
* Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
* Annie Get Your Gun (scenes cut, 1950)

Films
choreographed
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* Whoopee! (1930)
* Kiki (1931)
* Palmy Days (1931)
* Flying High (1931)
* Sky Devils (1932)
* Girl Crazy (1932)
* Night World (1932)
* Bird of Paradise (1932)
* The Kid From Spain (1932)
* Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
* Roman Scandals (1933)
* Wonder Bar (1934)
* Romance on the High Seas (1948)
* Call Me Mister (1951)
* Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
* Small Town Girl (1953)
* Rose Marie (1954)
* Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

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