Everybody Does It (1949)

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Writers:

James M. Cain (story)
Nunnally Johnson (writer)

Release Date:

16 January 1950 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more...

Plot Keywords:

Opera | Husband Wife Relationship | Beautiful Woman | Singing

Cast

Paul Douglas	...	Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
Linda Darnell	...	Cecil Carver
Celeste Holm	...	Doris Blair Borland
Charles Coburn	...	Major Blair (Doris's father)
Millard Mitchell	...	Mike Craig
Lucile Watson	...	Mrs. Blair (Doris's mother)
John Hoyt	...	Wilkins
George Tobias	...	Rossi
Leon Belasco	...	Prof. Hugo (Doris's singing teacher)
Tito Vuolo	...	Makeup man

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In an early scene with his office secretary, Borland (Douglas) mispronounces the word "municipal". It came out "muniCIpal," as though the word was the name of a building rather than a category of building.

Movie Connections:

Version of Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Soundtrack:

Largo al factotum

A truly funny comedy

OK, I'm a great Paul Douglas fan so consider me prejudiced, but this is just a plain terrific film. I understand from a video dealer that some legal problems has its rights tied up so if you get a chance to it, by all means do so. Perhaps some day it will be shown again on TV or maybe even a DVD will be for sale.

The short plot is silly beyond belief. Douglas is again a rough character thrown in among society types - this time with an opera background. Through an unlikely talent, this time he gets to be a performer, but as you will guess, things don't go as planned. If you don't laugh out loud at this film, you are dead and should consult with a mortician for immediate burial. Too bad this one is one of the lost ones. Maybe someday....we'll again hear why the monkeys have no tails