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Overview

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6.1/10   73 votes
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Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Writers:
Ladislas Fodor (idea)
John McClain (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 August 1942 (USA) more
Tagline:
M-G-M's BIG ROMANCE WITH MUSIC! (original print media ad - mostly caps) more
Plot:
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Too many musical numbers more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeanette MacDonald ... Marcia Warren
Robert Young ... Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones
Ethel Waters ... Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Reginald Owen ... Philo Cobson
Grant Mitchell ... Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Lionel Atwill ... Teutonic gentleman
Eduardo Ciannelli ... Ahmed Ben Hassan (as Edward Ciannelli)
Mitchell Lewis ... Ludwig

Dooley Wilson ... Hector
Larry Nunn ... Bernie
Dennis Hoey ... Col. Woodhue
Mona Barrie ... Mrs. Morrison

Rhys Williams ... Strange man
Cecil Cunningham ... Mme. Laruga
Harry Worth ... Viceroy Hotel bartender
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shadow of a Lady (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #8497)
Company:
Loew's more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[first lines]
Homer Smith: Have you ever been in San Francisco?
Marcia Warren: Yes, once with Gable and Tracy and the joint fell apart!
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Movie Connections:
References San Francisco (1936) more
Soundtrack:
We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again more

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2 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Too many musical numbers, 3 February 2003
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Author: Dave Banks from New York

I enjoyed the story line and comic sequences in this spy-movie spoof. But, I was a bit wary knowing that Jeanette MacDonald was in the cast. I hoped that, for a change, she would give her voice a rest and just play the comedy. I was sure wrong. There are too many musical numbers in this film and, for me, they detracted from my enjoyment of the movie.

I guess there was no way that the producers of any movie with Ms. MacDonald in the cast would not utilize her voice. My fault, I should have known better. Oh, I almost forgot. Ethel Waters (she of the very big mouth) was also in the cast and, of course, sang a couple of songs.

If all of this sounds as if I don't like Musicals, you're absolutely correct. We all have our own individual tastes.

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