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Airing | 1/16, 5:30a

If You Could Only Cook

1h 30m|Romantic comedy
Frustrated by his board of directors' refusal to approve a radical new design, car company executive Jim (Herbert Marshall) strikes up a conversation with homeless Joan (Jean Arthur) in a park. When she describes the difficulties of getting a job as a cook by herself, Jim agrees to help by posing as her butler husband. After being hired by gangster Mike (Leo Carrillo), Jim and Joan begin to fall for each other, causing Jim to question his upcoming marriage to socialite Evelyn (Frieda Inescort).

Director:

William Seiter

Cast:

Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Frieda Inescort
If You Could Only Cook
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