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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
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1 September 1947 (USA)
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Walter Mitty, a daydreaming pulp-fiction writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures...
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NBC Calls 911, Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant Answer
(From Collider.com. 12 October 2009, 9:31 PM, PDT)
Actress Virginia Mayo Dies at 84
(From WENN. 18 January 2005)
(From Collider.com. 12 October 2009, 9:31 PM, PDT)
Actress Virginia Mayo Dies at 84
(From WENN. 18 January 2005)
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One of greatest actors you should know...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Danny Kaye | ... | Walter Mitty |
 | Virginia Mayo | ... | Rosalind van Hoorn |
 | Boris Karloff | ... | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead |
 | Fay Bainter | ... | Mrs. Eunice Mitty |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Gertrude Griswald |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Bruce Pierce |
| Gordon Jones | ... | Tubby Wadsworth |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mrs. Emma Griswald |
| Konstantin Shayne | ... | Peter van Hoorn |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Colonel |
| Henry Corden | ... | Hendrick |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Letitia Follinsbee |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Anatole of Paris |
| Frank Reicher | ... | Maasdam |
| Milton Parsons | ... | Butler |
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110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:S |
Germany:12 |
Sweden:11 (re-release) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #12017) |
Australia:G
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Author James Thurber acknowledged that the character Walter Mitty was based on his friend, writer Robert Benchley. Thurber said that he got the idea for Mitty from the character created by Benchley in a series of shorts that he made for Fox and MGM, respectively, in the 1920s and 1930s. Thurber is also on record as saying that he hated this film and that Danny Kaye's interpretation of Mitty is nothing at all like he intended the character to be.
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Continuity: During the scene in the Mitty home's kitchen, after Rosalind van Hoorn has come in the middle of the night during a rain storm to ask for Walter's help, she removes her dress to dry it. As they are talking, Rosalind is shown putting her dress back on and buttoning it all the way to the neck. As the scene shifts and pans back, she is shown once again buttoning the top button of her dress.
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Walter Mitty:
Here I am, lard face.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Murphy Brown: The Secret Life of Jim Dial (#7.11)" (1994)
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Soundtrack:
Symphony For an Unstrung Tongue (The Little Fiddle)
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First I have to admit that Danny Kaye was completely unheard of to me before I saw this movie. During the summer one year, the 'Morning Movie' featured 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.' A wonderful surprise for me was the actor Danny Kaye who I had never heard of before. Instead of another boring movie that I would have to watch because there is nothing else to watch. Danny Kaye became the actor I needed to see more of because I couldn't stop laughing. Unquestionably, this movie is full of characters that complement Danny Kaye, but he is the 'star' that makes this movie shine. The variety of the storyline is well written, but not just any actor could lead this cast. If you are looking to see what a real funny movie should look like, check this one out. The movie is good, but Danny Kaye is what makes it great.