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Director:
William A. Seiter
Writers:
Faith Baldwin (novel)
Alan Campbell (writer)
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Release Date:
10 April 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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A Classic Screwball Comedy more (2 total)

Cast

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Margaret Sullavan ... Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown

Henry Fonda ... Anthony Amberton / John Smith
Charles Butterworth ... Horace Van Steedan
Beulah Bondi ... Mrs. Boyce Medford
Henrietta Crosman ... Lucy Van Steedan

Walter Brennan ... Lem
Dorothy Stickney ... Hilda
Brandon Hurst ... Babson
Lucien Littlefield ... Ogden Holbrook
Margaret Hamilton ... Mitty Simpson
Spencer Charters ... Abner Simpson
Margaret Fielding ... Miss Manning
Grace Hayle ... Miss Hambridge
Monte Vandergrift ... Brakeman
Richard Powell ... Candy Butcher
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Filming Locations:
Big Bear Lake, California, USA
Company:
Walter Wanger Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A song "The Moon's Our Home" was written by Friedrich Hollaender and Leo Robin but apparently not used in the picture. more
Quotes:
[Cherry apologizes for almost injuring Mrs. Medford]
Cherry Chester: If I ever did, I'd blow my brains out!
Mrs. Boyce Medford: I know. And then I'd have to tidy up afterward.
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A Classic Screwball Comedy, 5 February 2004
Author: EightyProof45 from New Jersey

The Moon's Our Home is a fast moving, machine-gun fire paced romantic comedy from 1936. It is the story of the romance of Cherry Chester, a movie star, and Anthony Amberton, a travel writer. Ms. Chester, travelling under her birth name, Sarah Brown, can't stand the writings of Anthony Amberton. Amberton, using pseudonym John Smith, detests "marshmallow-faced" movie stars, most of all Cherry Chester. For better or for worse, however, Cherry and Anthony don't know the real names when they meet, and subsequently are able to fall in love.

The novelty of this film is that the two stars, Margaret Sullavan and Henry Fonda, were married and divorced by the time the production started. The fights (verbal and phsyical) seem wonderfully real and the love and chemistry seem genuine also. There is a bitter-sweet feeling with this bit of trivia, especially when the couple separates (a few times).

The cast, in addition to the leads, are wonderful. Especially Oscar-winner Walter Brennan, as the justice of the peace. In one of the best and funniest marriages ever to take place on the screen, Brennan recites the ceremony and Amberton and Chester have a fight. It just so happens, however, that each time the j.p. asks "do you take..." they just happen to say in their own conversation "I do." It's irresistable.

Although it rarely turns up, get your hands on this film by all means. Besides being a lot of fun, it is also the screwball comedy that has the most innuendo that seemed to sneak by the censors. Fonda's character "has conquered the highest peaks known to travellers." And a personal favorite, the fact that Cherry won't "mind the bumps" on a truck ride... Modern audiences may not get it, but to the keen ear, this film is a delight as well as to the eyes...

The Moon's Our Home is a classic example of Hollywood movie-making of a bygone era.

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