I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

Football player Tod Lowell is the son of a man running for governor, who needs the support of a political boss. Tod's dad asks a favor, that Tod spend a few weeks squiring Gertrude Morgan, the man's daughter.

Trouble is, Tod's been romantically involved with Betty Gilbert, a nightclub singer, while Gert's gotten engaged to Tod's football rival, Andy Mason. A few tricks are played on the parents to make them believe Tod and Gertrude are serious, but just as they are about to return to their former partners, the two realize they actually have fallen for one another.

• Constance Moore as Betty Gilbert
• Dennis O'Keefe as Tod Lowell
• Helen Parrish as Gertrude
• Lewis Howard as Andy
• Laura Hope Crews Mrs. Lowell
• Berton Churchill as Sen. Lowell
• Samuel S. Hinds as Morgan
• Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Thriffie
• Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Morgan
• Walter Soderling as Abner Thriffle
• Walter Baldwin as Elmer
• Tim Ryan sa Judge Saunders
• Hattie Noel as Bedelia
• Steve Pendleton as Chuck
• Gene O'Donnell as Eddie
• James Craig as Ray
• Rex Evans as Parkins the Butler
• Alphonse Martell as Headwaiter

The film was originally called The Bride Said No. Arthur Lubin was assigned to direct in May 1940.SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL New York Times 2 May 1940: 33. Filming started later that month.'Hail and Farewell' Will Be Stevens Film

Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 7 May 1940: 13. Hal Block signed to write some last minute comedy dialogue.Linda Darnell Chosen for $2,000,000 Film

Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 14 May 1940: 13.

Diabolique magazine called it "a cheerful comedy... so briskly done and well acted that it doesn’t hit you until the movie’s almost over how selfish the lead couple are – Lubin’s empathy for all his characters possibly threw this off balance because all the audience sympathy goes to the partners of O’Keefe and Parrish."{{Cite magazine|magazine=Diabolique Magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-cinema-of-arthur-lubin/|date=14 September 2019|title=The Cinema of Arthur Lubin}}

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• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032621/ I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now] at IMDb
• [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79022/im-nobodys-sweetheart-now I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now] at TCMDB
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190808014928/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72c0d416 I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now] at BFI
• [https://letterboxd.com/film/im-nobodys-sweetheart-now/ I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now] at Letterbox DVD
• [https://archive.org/details/variety139-1940-08/page/n13 Review of film] at Variety

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Category:1940 films

Category:1940 romantic comedy films

Category:American romantic comedy films

Category:Films directed by Arthur Lubin

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Category:1940s English-language films

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