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Overview

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Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
Writers:
Ladislas Fodor (idea)
John McClain (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 August 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance 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:
Funny spy spoof comedy/musical - not too many songs!! more (5 total)

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
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #8497)
Filming Locations:
Santa Monica Bay, California, USA
Company:
Loew's more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jim Davis' first film. more
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:
Beautiful Ohio more

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User Comments

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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Funny spy spoof comedy/musical - not too many songs!!, 18 June 2003
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Author: Bob (bobegan) from Baltimore, MD, USA

In one of her last movies, Miss MacDonald shows a real gift for light comedy - along with her well known vocal talents.

And for the guy who said there were too many songs...WAKE UP!!!...it's a musical! LOL That's like saying there are too many explosions in an action flick or jokes in a comedy.

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