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 |
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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 |
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| Ginger Rogers | ... |
Janie
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| George Murphy | ... |
Tom
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Alan Marshal | ... |
Dick
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| Burgess Meredith | ... |
Harry
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Joe Cunningham | ... |
Pop
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Jane Seymour | ... |
Ma
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Lenore Lonergan | ... |
Barbara aka Butch
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Vickie Lester | ... |
Paula
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| Phil Silvers | ... |
Phil - Ice Cream Vendor
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Betty Breckenridge | ... |
Gertrude
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Edward Colebrook | ... |
Stalled Car Driver
(scenes deleted)
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Dorothy Lloyd | ... |
Gypsy Oracle
(scenes deleted)
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Gertrude Short | ... |
Bridge Matron
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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. Written by Jack McKillop <jem3@donuts0.bellcore.com>
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.