| She Had to Eat | |
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| Directed by | Malcolm St. Clair |
| Screenplay by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Story by | James Edward Grant M.M. Musselman |
| Produced by | Samuel G. Engel |
| Starring | Jack Haley Rochelle Hudson Arthur Treacher Eugene Pallette Douglas Fowley John Qualen |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Samuel Kaylin |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
She Had to Eat is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jack Haley, Rochelle Hudson, Arthur Treacher, Eugene Pallette, Douglas Fowley and John Qualen. It was released on July 2, 1937, by 20th Century-Fox.[1][2][3][4]
A gangster-comedy. Rochelle Hudson (Ann Garrison) is a gourmand whose vocation is freeloading. She forms an alliance with an Arizona gas station owner, Carter (Arthur Treacher), who bears a strong resemblance to a notorious criminal, "Baby Face Burns." As such, Carter is subjected to a number of misadventures, including his abduction by rival gangsters for ransom. A wealthy industrialist, who possesses his own railway carriage, embraces Carter as his offspring while he is inebriated. When he sobers, he has no recollection of his adoptive “son.”[5]
