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Release Date:
18 January 1946 (USA)
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It's Blazing, Blistering Romance . . . in the wide open spaces !
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On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling...
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Mail Order Bride
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Saloon
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Restaurant
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Gun
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 1 nomination
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(4 articles)
Mary Cleere Haran Celebrates Johnny Mercer at Feinstein's, 10/29-11/7
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 7 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
Mary Cleere Haran Celebrates Johnny Mercer at Feinstein's, 10/29-11/7
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 6 November 2009, 1:30 AM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 7 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
Mary Cleere Haran Celebrates Johnny Mercer at Feinstein's, 10/29-11/7
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 6 November 2009, 1:30 AM, PST)
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No Vincente Minelli -- and it shows
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Judy Garland | ... | Susan Bradley |
 | John Hodiak | ... | Ned Trent |
 | Ray Bolger | ... | Chris Maule |
 | Angela Lansbury | ... | Em |
| Preston Foster | ... | Judge Sam Purvis |
| Virginia O'Brien | ... | Alma from Ohio |
| Kenny Baker | ... | Terry O'Halloran |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Sonora Cassidy |
| Chill Wills | ... | H.H. Hartsey |
| Selena Royle | ... | Miss Bliss |
 | Cyd Charisse | ... | Deborah Andrews |
| Ruth Brady | ... | Ethel |
| Jack Lambert | ... | Marty Peters |
| Edward Earle | ... | Jed Adams |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Rev. Claggett |
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102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The Harvey House restaurants were established by Fred Harvey in 1870 to provide good, inexpensive food and lodging in clean, elegant surroundings for travelers in the western United States. At the chain's peak, there were some 84 Harvey Houses throughout seven states, all operated in conjunction with the Santa Fe Railroad.
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Continuity: When Susan went to get the meat from the saloon, she asked John Henry to help her. They still had not been introduced prior to that.
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Referenced in Hello, Dolly! (1969)
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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
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The first person you see is Judy Garland singing an infinitely forgettable song.
For the most part it goes up from there.
This is a film that Vincente Minelly did not direct and even though it shows Judy at her demure best he had a knack for bringing out the best in her performances.
Surprisingly enough, this is not an entirely inaccurate history of the women that opened up the West -- just as much as the men did.
For those that do not know -- Fred Harvey was a railroad tycoon and visionary that realized that the United States could only expand Westward -- and he was there to help fulfill that dream.
His chain of "Railroad Hotels" (some of which still exist) and the women that staffed them, helped to civilize parts of the United States that were raw and uncultured.
This is one of those incredible films that has every face you have ever seen in a movie -- even if you do not always know their names: Ray Bolger, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Marjorie Main, Chill Wills and even Cyd Charisse.
This is cameo paradise and there is a character and face there for everyone.
The songs, the costumes, the sets and everything BUT the dialogue and story are top notch. But who needs a good script when you have a cast of STARS! (Especially Judy Garland.)
Take the good parts from this movie and try to pretend the rest never happened.