Life Begins with Love

Kazillionaire Douglass Montgomery, having suffered a little too much publicity after a bender, takes his St. Bernard and winds up at a nursery school run by Jean Parker. Stung by public perception of him as a member of the idle rich, he decides to hide out there, doing janitorial work to keep himself out of the eye of the public and fiancee Leona Maricle.

The movie takes a few minutes to get going, and it lets down a bit at the end, but the middle, as Montgomery tries to make good in Miss Parker's eyes amid a horde of children, is excellent. He is charming and shows real chemistry with and Little Women co-star Miss Parker. Director Ray McCarey gets funny and engaging performances out of the children, and the adults too, including Lumsdale Hare as Montgomery's father and Aubrey Mathers as the butler. Even Minerva Urecal is amusing as the very Italian Mrs. Murphy, although terrible teenager Edith Fellows is more annoying than funny. See if you can spot Rita Hayworth as a dinner guest.