- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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3 out of 5
Professor James Stewart tries to tell his conservative dad, the wonderfully irascible Charles Coburn, that he has married showgirl Ginger Rogers in this sparkling screwball comedy, directed by the great George Stevens. It's a funny idea, and you don't really notice that it's a one-joke movie. Super character actors in support include Beulah Bondi, playing slightly against type as Stewart's mum, Franklin Pangborn and Grady Sutton, and, very early in their careers, lively Jack Carson and lovable Hattie McDaniel. It's not great, but it's very likeable and fast-paced.
Plot Summary
Screwball comedy starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart. A naive academic impulsively marries a New York nightclub singer and then has to face both his ex-fiancée and his dominating father.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Frances Brent
- Ginger Rogers
- Peter Morgan
- James Stewart
- Keith Beston
- James Ellison
- Doctor Morgan
- Charles Coburn
- Mrs Morgan
- Beulah Bondi
- Helen
- Frances Mercer
- Jenny
- Phyllis Kennedy
- Joseph
- Alec Craig
- Apartment manager
- Franklin Pangborn
- Culpepper
- Grady Sutton
- Hattie, the maid
- Hattie McDaniel
- Charlie, the waiter captain
- Jack Carson
Crew
- Director
- George Stevens
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