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17 July 1953 (Finland)
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Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter...
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All that mom does not allow
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(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Tony Curtis | ... | Alvah Morrell |
 | Piper Laurie | ... | Lee Kingshead |
 | Don DeFore | ... | Herman Strouple |
| Spring Byington | ... | Mama Kingshead |
| Lillian Bronson | ... | Aunt Elsa |
| Paul McVey | ... | Dr. Trotter |
| Stephen Chase | ... | Mr. Taylor |
| Lee Aaker | ... | Donovan |
| Jack Kelly | ... | Will Stubbins |
| Frank Sully | ... | Cousin Luke |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | David Janssen | ... | Soldier (scenes deleted) |
| Elsie Baker | ... | (uncredited) |
| Janet Clark | ... | Cousin Dorothy (uncredited) |
| Jack Daly | ... | Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| Catherine Howard | ... | Relative (uncredited) |
| Lynne Hunter | ... | Cousin Betty (uncredited) |
| Lucille Lamarr | ... | Relative (uncredited) |
| Harold Lockwood | ... | Relative (uncredited) |
| Tyler MacDuff | ... | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Dolores Mann | ... | Cousin Susie (uncredited) |
| Richard Mayer | ... | Man on Street (uncredited) |
| Fred J. Miller | ... | Cousin Henry (uncredited) |
| Helen Noyes | ... | Cousin Emmy (uncredited) |
 | Fess Parker | ... | Cousin Ben (uncredited) |
| James Parnell | ... | Cousin Mike (uncredited) |
| Alice Richey | ... | Cousin Kate (uncredited) |
| Lee Turnbull | ... | Cousin Pete (uncredited) |
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| Douglas Sirk | |||
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| Joseph Hoffman | (screenplay) | |
| Darwin L. Teilhet | (novel "My True Love") | |
Produced by | |||
| Ted Richmond | .... | producer | |
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| Frank Skinner | |||
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| Clifford Stine | |||
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| Russell F. Schoengarth | |||
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| Bernard Herzbrun | |||
| Richard H. Riedel | |||
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| Russell A. Gausman | |||
| Ruby R. Levitt | |||
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| Bill Thomas | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Joan St. Oegger | .... | hair stylist | |
| Bud Westmore | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Jack Gertsman | .... | unit production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Leslie I. Carey | .... | sound | |
| Corson Jowett | .... | sound | |
Other crew | |||
| Jack Daniels | .... | dialogue coach | |
| Betty A. Griffin | .... | script supervisor | |
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- Universal Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical)
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82 min
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Some people are going to dismiss "No room for the groom" because it 's not Sirkesque,that is to say it's not the flamboyant melodrama they are used to.However,if you read between the lines ,you'll notice how Sirk is present even in the funny scenes (although the chicken pox is a bad idea,unworthy of him).His attack against selfish people whose materialism knows no bounds is the same we find in "all that Heaven allows" (1956).His hero portrayed by Tony Curtis is a distant relative of the gardener in "Heaven" ;both are afraid of "modern" life ,both are misfits ,the former in his bride's family,the latter in the bunch of snobs at Sarah's cocktail party.Sometimes the lines turn dramatic as Alvah says to the over possessive mother that he too cares for his country and he may die for them :had Sirk made this movie five years later,it could have been a darkly humorous spoof on "a time to love and a time to die" (1958) Alvah is a Capraesque character:he is a generous gent,and generous gentle naive people are preys for evil people who love to pretend they are mad to satisfy their dirty deeds.
The mom-in-law dreams of a rich marriage for her only daughter,a subject which will be also present in Sirk's follow-up ," has anybody seen my gal?" .Both movies display Capra's influence and both prove that money can't buy happiness ...or love.
Piper Laurie and Tony Curtis are good-looking newly-weds longing for an impossible honeymoon.
A great Sirk?Certainly not!But not the dud lots of people talk about either!