Together Again (1944)

A prim and proper widow who has succeeded him as mayor of a provincial Vermont town hires a worldly New York sculptor for her husband's statue.

Director:

Charles Vidor

Writers:

Virginia Van Upp (screen play), F. Hugh Herbert (screen play),

Stars:

Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn

Cast

Cast overview:
Irene Dunne	...	Anne Crandall
Charles Boyer	...	George Corday
Charles Coburn	...	Jonathan Crandall Sr
Mona Freeman	...	Diana Crandall
Jerome Courtland	...	Gilbert Parker
Elizabeth Patterson	...	Jessie
Charles Dingle	...	Morton Buchanan

Storyline

Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday. While there, she gets involved in a nightclub raid and goes to jail after she is mistaken for the club's stripper. Back at home, she tries to keep the scandal quiet and to forget Corday but he shows up and moves into her garage to work on the statue. Corday playfully uses the scandal to blackmail her into accepting his advances. Ann ...

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Plot Keywords:

mayor | vermont | widow | small town | father in law | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 December 1944 (USA)

Also Known As:

...E o Amor Voltou

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 100 min (re-edited American)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 3, 1951 with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer reprising their film roles.

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Quotes

Jonathan Crandall Sr: [to Anne] It also seems that you're a big shot in your office and an nonentity at home.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cosby Show: Together Again and Again (1988)

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Soundtracks

" I Get Ideas"
(uncredited)
Music by Julio Gesar Sanders (1927)
Englsh lyrics by Douglas Cochrane (1951)
Used as leitmotif throughout film

User Reviews

Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer

Fun teaming of Dunne and Boyer in a nice little comedy with good performances by all.

Dunne plays a widow who is mayor of a small Vermont town. She goes off to New York City to interview a sculptor (Boyer) for a town project but gets involved in a nightclub raid after she is mistaken for the stripper. Back in Vermont Dunne tries to forget Boyer but he shows up and moves into her garage to sculpt.

Dunne is goaded into "life" again by her father-in-law (Charles Coburn) and dramatic teen step-daughter (Mona Freeman). This get funny when Freeman thinks Boyer has proposed to her. To get even Dunne traps gawky teen (Jerome Courtland) into proposing to her. The four spar back and forth with Coburn get more and more confused until things finally straighten out.

Good support from Elizabeth Patterson, Charles Dingle, Janis Carter, Adele Jergens, Carl Switzer, Nora Cecil, Nina Mae McKinney, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Shelley Winters has a bit part.

Dunne and Boyer had great chemistry and three made films together.