Pardon My Past (1945)

Director:

Leslie Fenton

Writers:

Patterson McNutt (original story), Harlan Ware (original story),

Stars:

Fred MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman, Akim Tamiroff

Cast

Cast overview:
Fred MacMurray	...	Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Marguerite Chapman	...	Joan
Akim Tamiroff	...	Jim Arnold
William Demarest	...	Chuck Gibson
Rita Johnson	...	Mary Pemberton
Harry Davenport	...	Grandpa Pemberton
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Uncle Wills
Karolyn Grimes	...	Stephanie Pemberton
Dewey Robinson	...	Plainclothesman
Hugh Prosser	...	Mr. Long
Tom Moffatt	...	Plainclothesman
Herbert Evans	...	Burch, the Butler
Frank Moran	...	Timothy - Chauffeur / Henchman
Charles Arnt	...	Clothes Salesman

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

relative | gambling | vacation | mistaken identity | estate | 

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Taglines:

It's the promise of a rare good time!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 January 1946 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hett om öronen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mutual Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 5, 1947 with Marguerite Chapman and William Demarest reprising their film roles.

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Connections

Referenced in Charmed: Pardon My Past (2000)

User Reviews

MacMurray's Tribute to his Home

While Fred MacMurray had always held warm feelings for the hometown where he had always been a star, regardless of his Hollywood career, he used Pardon My Past to deliver his most direct tribute to the small Wisconsin community of Beaver Dam.

During MacMurray's childhood, Beaver Dam was relatively isolated at the center point between Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay. Before the advent of the freeway, none of these cities were any less than a day's travel one-way. So, the budding star had to make due with his limited audience, and never disappointed his hometown.

Pardon My Past was the only movie MacMurray ever produced himself. It is the story of two GIs coming back to America after World War II, heading to Beaver Dam to start a mink farm. The city is made reference to no fewer than eight times, or once every eleven minutes, in the movie.

Fred never forgot his roots, he never grew too far away from his home. He adored the friends he made and he loved the city of Beaver Dam up until the day of his death in 1991. He was truly a rarity from any era of Hollywood, and, speaking as a fellow graduate of Beaver Dam High School, we are proud to have called him our own.