their friendship. Meanwhile, life with Charles is not as perfect as Marilyn had envisioned. Having spent months reading about The No Girl in the papers, he's more interested in her celebrity than in their love—unlike Peter, Charles never got to fully know the real Marilyn, who is now hopelessly obscured by the fake one. Charles invites her to go away with him to the country for a week—implying she might become his mistress, or at least the press would assume as much, which is precisely what he wants. She invites some American reporters to her flat, announces that she's "going home to sit on a bench and eat popcorn", and Charles is now stuck with a second public jilting, real this time, which he accepts ruefully. Back in New York on a snowy Thursday night, Marilyn rushes through crowds of her admirers and makes her way to the library bench. Peter, having forgotten his wallet in his haste, gets roughed up by both his cab driver and a popcorn vender—but still arrives with his popcorn, and they pick up right where they left off, happily observing the world around them—only this time punctuated with a kiss. Cast Claudette Colbert as Marilyn David Fred MacMurray as Peter Dawes Ray Milland as Charles Gray Granton C. Aubrey Smith as Lloyd Granton, Duke of Loamshire Luis Alberni as Nate Edward Craven as Eddie, the photographer Donald Meek as Hankerson Claude King as Captain of the boat Charles Irwin as Oscar, the orchestra leader Forrester Harvey as Proprietor of the English inn Edward Gargan as Guard Charles C. Wilson as Managing editor Grace Bradley as Daisy Pat Somerset as Man in London club Tom Dugan as The Bum Warren Hymer as Taxi driver Eddie Borden as Photographer Production Casting The Gilded Lily was the first of seven films in which Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray starred between 1935 and 1948. Filming The Gilded Lily was filmed from October 8 to December 4, 1934 at Paramount Studios and at Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. Accolades The Gilded Lily was ranked the fifth best English language film by the National Board of Review in 1935. Quotes Peter: "But popcorn—ah, popcorn was made for watching the world go by. Look. I stick my hand in the bag without taking my eyes off the street. I throw some popcorn in my craw. I chew...and I'm