How does Expensive Husbands end?

In the final act ("Viennese Reconciliation"): Rupert proposes they return to Vienna and abandon Hollywood. After initial refusal, Laurine chooses love, arriving at his restored ancestral home ready to embrace their true union.

Expensive Husbands (1937) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Expensive Husbands
Genre: comedy, romance
Released: 1937
Rating: 5.9

Plot Analysis Summary

A romantic comedy exploring the clash between career ambition and genuine love through a convenience marriage.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

European Ambitions

Contractual Union

Hollywood Pressures

Financial Warfare

Viennese Reconciliation

Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?

Directed by

Bobby Connolly

Key Cast

Patric Knowles — Prince Rupert Heinrich Franz Von Rentzau
Beverly Roberts — Laurine Lynne
Allyn Joslyn — Joe Craig
Gordon Oliver — Ricky Preston
Vladimir Sokoloff — Herr Andrew Brenner

Rating: 5.9/10 (4 votes)