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12 January 1951 (USA)
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Ellen McNulty sells her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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1 nomination
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Crisply written romantic comedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gene Tierney | ... | Maggie Carleton McNulty |
 | John Lund | ... | Val McNulty |
| Miriam Hopkins | ... | Fran Carleton |
| Thelma Ritter | ... | Ellen |
| Jan Sterling | ... | Betsy Donaldson |
| Larry Keating | ... | George Kalenger, Sr. |
| James Lorimer | ... | George C. Kalenger, Jr. |
| Gladys Hurlbut | ... | Mrs. Natalie Conger |
| Cora Witherspoon | ... | Mrs. Owen Williamson |
| Malcolm Keen | ... | Mr. Owen Williamson |
| Ellen Corby | ... | Annie |
| Billie Bird | ... | Mugsy |
| Mary Young | ... | Spinster walking Poodle |
| Samuel Colt | ... | Col. Conger |
| Grayce Hampton | ... | Mrs. Fahnstock |
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A Relative Stranger (USA) (working title)
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101 min
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Val McNulty:
Junior Kalinger? Oh, he's OK.
Ellen McNulty: Oh, go on, I've stepped on better things.
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Ellen McNulty: Oh, go on, I've stepped on better things.
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When I Take My Sugar to Tea
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Thelma Ritter as down-on-her-luck Ellen McNulty shines in the role of a mother-in-law mistaken for a maid. Ellen McNulty is a woman everyone would want to have on her side, but woe betide anyone who tries to fool her. Thelma gets the best lines, but all parts are well-written and the film's pacing is superb.
The always reliable, always theatrical, Miriam Hopkins, hams it up as a superficial socialite disappointed in her daughter's selection of the down-to-earth Val McNulty, an up-and- coming corporate man. When a newlywed couple and two mothers occupy the same apartment, watch out!
Part of the pleasure of watching a black and white film from the early fifties is the setting. The outfits, cars, decor (check out the apartment's wallpaper: just amazing in its boldness!) add to the film's substance.
The romantic resolutions at the end of the film are satisfying, and make sense, not always a feature of light romantic comedies.