Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is a comedy film which tells the story of a small town, incensed by a risqué novel, little knowing that it was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family. It stars Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas. It was directed by Richard Boleslawski and written by Mary McCarthy and Sidney Buchman. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Irene Dunne) and Best Film Editing. Theodora... more

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is a comedy film which tells the story of a small town, incensed by a risqué novel, little knowing that it was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family. It stars Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas. It was directed by Richard Boleslawski and written by Mary McCarthy and Sidney Buchman. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Irene Dunne) and Best Film Editing. Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne) is a Sunday school teacher and former church organist raised by two spinster aunts, Mary (Elisabeth Risdon) and Elsie Lynn (Margaret McWade). She also happens to be, under the pen name Caroline Adams, the secret author of a bestselling book that has the straitlaced Lynnfield Literary Circle in an uproar. When it is serialized in the local newspaper, the Circle, led by outraged busybody Rebecca Perry (Spring Byington), forces Jed Waterbury (Thomas Mitchell) to stop printing the salacious installments. Theodora travels to New... less