Molly and Me (1945)

Director:

Lewis Seiler

Writers:

Frances Marion (novel)
Roger Burford (adaptation)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Gracie Fields	...	Molly Barry
Monty Woolley	...	John Graham
Roddy McDowall	...	Jimmy Graham
Reginald Gardiner	...	Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
Natalie Schafer	...	Kitty Goode-Burrows
Edith Barrett	...	Julia
Clifford Brooke	...	Pops
Aminta Dyne	...	Musette
Queenie Leonard	...	Lily
Doris Lloyd	...	Mrs. Graham
Patrick O'Moore	...	Ronnie
Lewis L. Russell	...	Sir Arthur Burroughs

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Frances Marion wrote parts for Marie Dressler when she discovered Ms. Dressler down on her luck and ready to accept a housekeeping job. The novel, Molly, Bless Her, the basis of this film, was Marion's view of what might have happened if Dressler had accepted a job as housemaid.

Actors acting like servants, or trying to.

Here is a whimsical tale of an out-of-work actress and her other also-situated actors and actresses. Tired of playing the starving artist, she lands the role of maid in a house over-running with thieving employees. She single-handedly cleans up the household, and begins to work on her unloving boss. She soon begins to melt his icy heart, and teaches him the value of things (not money, which he knows too well already).

Her actor friends soon must take on the role of fellow servants, and the rest is hilarious. They over-act their positions, and confuse and confound their new boss.