It Had to Be You (1947)

Directors:

Don Hartman
Rudolph Maté

Writers:

Allen Boretz (story)
Melvin Frank (writer)

Release Date:

December 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Ginger Rogers always gets cold feet just before four weddings until fireman Cornell Wilde appears. |

Plot Keywords:

Fireman | Runaway Bride | Beautiful Woman | Sculptor | Dream

Cast

Ginger Rogers	...	Victoria Stafford
Cornel Wilde	...	George McKesson / Johnny Blaine
Percy Waram	...	Mr. Horace Stafford
Spring Byington	...	Mrs. Martha Stafford
Ron Randell	...	Oliver H.P. Harrington
Thurston Hall	...	Mr. Ned Harrington
Charles Evans	...	Dr. Parkinson
Billy Bevan	...	Evans, the Butler (as William Bevan)
Frank Orth	...	Train Conductor Brown
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Duncan	...	John (scenes deleted)
Chuck Hamilton	...	Charles (scenes deleted)
Vera Lewis	...	Mrs. Brown (scenes deleted)
Oscar O'Shea	...	Irish Neighborhood Watchman (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

I Found a Dream (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The main set with the sweeping staircase had been previously used in Holiday (1938).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The ticket for the baseball game, dated July 26, 1947, shows the Yankees opponent as Washington (Senators), when in reality they played the Chicago White Sox that day... and lost.

Quotes:

George McKesson: How!
Victoria Stafford: And how!

Movie Connections:

Followed by It Had to Be You (2000)

Soundtrack:

Wedding March

I'm a soft touch for a good romantic comedy and this touches.

It's a loss not to find this flick in video. It's a hoot with decent acting (well, for Ginger it's ok) by the cast and a humorous plot. If I could find it on some TV late show, like I did when I first saw it before there was VHS, I'd tape it myself.