Tom Dick and Harry (1941)

Working girl Janeie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.

Director:

Garson Kanin

Writers:

Paul Jarrico (story), Paul Jarrico (screenplay)

Stars:

Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ginger Rogers	...	Janie
George Murphy	...	Tom
Alan Marshal	...	Dick
Burgess Meredith	...	Harry
Joe Cunningham	...	Pop
Jane Seymour	...	Ma
Lenore Lonergan	...	Barbara aka Butch
Vickie Lester	...	Paula (as Vicki Lester)
Phil Silvers	...	Phil - Ice Cream Vendor
Betty Breckenridge	...	Gertrude
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Colebrook	...	Stalled Car Driver (scenes deleted)
Dorothy Lloyd	...	Gypsy Oracle (scenes deleted)
Gertrude Short	...	Bridge Matron (scenes deleted)

Storyline

Ginger Rogers, a telephone operator, is pursued by George Murphy (a down-to earth fellow), Alan Marshal (a rich man) and Burgess Meredith (a noncomformist). She dreams what life would be life married to each of them.

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Plot Keywords:

millionaire | dream | car salesman | salesman | mechanic | 

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Taglines:

It's the story of every girl who ever fell in love . . . More than once !

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 June 1941 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ses trois amoureux

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot of the movie Tom and Janie are seeing at the start has the plot of a rich man and a poor girl falling in love. This is part of the basic plot of Ginger Roger's previous film, Kitty Foyle.

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Goofs

The titles schedule Phil Silvers as "Ice Cream Man" rather than as a character with a name, but, on one occasion, one of them greet him as "Phil" which is, of course, his real name outside the movie.

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Quotes

Phil - Ice Cream Vendor: You don't have to yell at me because I'm a little obnoxious

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Crazy Credits

In the opening titles, it shows some of the names spelled incorrectly, then the letters tumble to the bottom of the screen, scramble themselves and return to their original position, with the correct spellings. This is how they appear: SNIRGOR GREEG = GINGER ROGERS GREGORE YUMPH = GEORGE MURPHY HASALMAR NALL = ALAN MARSHAL ESSRUDE MITHGREB = BURGESS MEREDITH SERT BORISK = ROBERT SISK RILA COJURPA = PAUL JARRICO OSKAR INGNAN = GARSON KANIN

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Connections

Remade as The Girl Most Likely (1958)

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Soundtracks

"Chicago"
Written by Fred Fisher (1922)
Played as background music when Chicago is first seen

User Reviews

Ginger in top form.

In fact everyone is at the top of their form in this wonderfully entertaining movie, but Ginger has never been better. Even Alan Marshall, who frequently came across in films as being a little on the smarmy side, is quite likeable here. And Phil Silvers is wonderfully obnoxious as the ice-cream salesman.

It is interesting to compare this film with it's 1957 remake "The Girl Most Likely", which apart from its musical numbers sticks pretty close to the original. Now "The Girl Most Likely" is quite an entertaining film in itself, and Jane Powell is certainly a talent not to be sneezed at. But having seen both films a number of times it always surprises me just how much better "Tom, Dick and Harry" is, and how flat "The Girl Most Likely" seems in comparison. Garson Kanin has somehow managed to infuse a lightness and subtlety of wit into the original which seems to have eluded Mitchell Leisen in the remake. And of course the three male leads in "The Girl Most Likely" don't hold a candle to the three male leads here.