Palm Springs (alternate title: Palm Springs Affair) is a 1936 film directed by Aubrey Scotto which features an early performance by David Niven.
| Palm Springs | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aubrey Scotto |
| Written by | Joseph Fields (screenwriter) |
| Based on | Myles Connolly's short story "Lady Smith" in Good Housekeeping |
| Produced by | Adolf Zukor |
| Starring | Frances Langford Guy Standing Ernest Cossart |
| Cinematography | James Van Trees |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Music by | Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin Mack Gordon & Harry Revel Dorothy Fields & James McHugh |
Production company | Walter Wanger Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Productions |
Release date | 1936 |
Running time | 70-72 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $328,818[1] |
| Box office | $225,637[1] |
A father and daughter who love to gamble throw a party in honor of her leaving to attend finishing school. However, when she gets to the school she is caught gambling and is promptly expelled.
While trying to locate her father in Palm Springs, California, she meets a cowboy named Slim and a wealthy gentleman named George Brittel, whose aunt Letty is totally against gambling. Nevertheless, she and George bet and before they know it they’re having dinner at a fancy restaurant. In the gambling room, Joan discovers her father gambling and finds out the truth behind their financial situation, so she decides to marry George for his money. Complications ensue when she changes her identity to Lady Sylvia of Dustin and she realizes the cowboy is the one she is in love with.
The film recorded a loss of $154,089.[1]