The Greeks Had a Word for Them
The Greeks Had a Word for Them is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Lowell Sherman, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by United Artists. It stars Ina Claire, Joan Blondell, and Madge Evans and is based on the play The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoe Akins. The studio originally wanted actress Jean Harlow for the lead after her success in Public Enemy (1931), but she was under contract to Howard Hughes, and he refused to loan her out. The film served as inspiration for films such as Three Blind Mice (1938), Moon Over Miami (1941), and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). Ladies in Love (1936) also has a similar pattern and was produced like "Three Blind Mice" by Darryl F. Zanuck.
David Manners, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire, Madge Evans
David Manners, Madge Evans, Ina Claire
David Manners, Madge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire
The Greeks Had a Word for Them ad in The Film Daily, 1932
Lowell Sherman was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to directing. Having scored huge successes directing the films She Done Him Wrong and Morning Glory, he was at the height of his career when he died after a brief illness.
Sherman in 1928
Sherman and Katharine Cornell in the Broadway production of Casanova (1923)
Sherman (left), Neil Hamilton and Constance Bennett in What Price Hollywood? (1932)
False Faces ad from The Film Daily, 1932