It Had to Be You (1947)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

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

"okay" Ginger Rogers comedy

Starring Ginger Rogers. - "It Had to be You" opens with Victoria Stafford (Rogers) ditching numerous grooms at the altar. (and don't you just LOVE that veil and halo getup when she ALMOST marries Atherton Huntley??) Mom is played by silly but knowledgeable Spring Buyington. (It HAD to be either her or Billie Burke.) The groom's dad suggests that Victoria go off and decide whether she is really ready to be married to his son. Of course, there is a dream sequence which starts to get downright silly, and that takes the film in a weird direction, involving psychological issues. Then more dreams, involving long hallways, a Native American, (the dashing Cornel Wilde) swimming. Misunderstandings. Got a little weird for me, but I guess if you don't look too closely, you can just go along for the ride. This was one of Ginger's comedies, like Stage Door, Monkey Business. The 2000 film version seems to be kind of a remake of this film, but has a different plot direction.