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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Viña Delmar (writer)
Arthur Richman (play)
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Release Date:
21 October 1937 (USA) more
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Plot:
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Platinum Class Comedy! more (71 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Irene Dunne ... Lucy Warriner

Cary Grant ... Jerry Warriner
Ralph Bellamy ... 'Dan' Leeson
Alexander D'Arcy ... Armand Duvalle
Cecil Cunningham ... Aunt Patsy

Molly Lamont ... Barbara Vance
Esther Dale ... Mrs. Leeson
Joyce Compton ... Dixie Belle Lee
Robert Allen ... Frank Randall
Robert Warwick ... Mr. Vance
Mary Forbes ... Mrs. Vance
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leonard Carey ... Butler (scenes deleted)
Vernon Dent ... Police Sergeant (scenes deleted)
Byron Foulger ... Secretary (scenes deleted)
Bobby Watson ... Hotel Clerk (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies of All Time" in 2006. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Just after Irene Dunne introduces herself as 'Lola' Warriner to the Vance family, she sits down next to Mrs. Vance, her handkerchief and purse quickly passed from her left hand to her right hand. As the camera shifts towards Grant, Dunne bends over, making a quiet exclamation ("Oh" or "Uh"), and appears to grab at something she has dropped on the floor. After the camera cuts back to Dunne, she is sitting up straight, her handkerchief in her left hand and caught underneath her left side. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jerry Warriner: Come on, Haig, get that sun lamp ready.
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Soundtrack:
La Serenata more

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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Platinum Class Comedy!, 5 December 2008
10/10
Author: Mihnea the Pitbull from Romania

When I was a little child, my mother used to tell me again and again the main scenes of this irresistible comedy, and we laughed our asses off. Much later, I had the good fortune to see it myself, at an oldies-goldies TV re-run, and it amused me like nuts.

Today, as a movie professional, I can safely state that it's an instance of PURE COMEDY: bright humor, pointed satire, a healthy dose of absurd, deliciously foolish, a fast-paced rhythm that makes the 90 minutes seem barely 9 seconds! You see it again and again, and wish for it never to come to an end! THIS, ladies and gentleman, is the stuff of real comedy - not all the Apatow and Seltzer moronic obscenities! Platinum class vintage!

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