In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. She enrolls at business college but her plans for a career change when she falls in love with handsome ...
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Rosalind Russell | ... | Louise Randall Pierson | |
| Jack Carson | ... | Harold C. Pierson | |
| Robert Hutton | ... | John Crane, ages 20-28 | |
| Jean Sullivan | ... | Louise Jr., ages 18-26 | |
| Donald Woods | ... | Rodney Crane | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Lew Morton | |
| Andrea King | ... | Barbara, ages 21-29 | |
| Ann Doran | ... | Alice Abbott | |
| Mona Freeman | ... | Barbara, ages 15-20 | |
| Robert Arthur | ... | Frankie at 17 | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Mr. John Chase Randall | |
| John Qualen | ... | Svend Olsen | |
| Kathleen Lockhart | ... | Mrs. Henrietta Louise Randall | |
| Ann E. Todd | ... | Louise Randall as a child (as Ann Todd) | |
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In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. She enrolls at business college but her plans for a career change when she falls in love with handsome Rodney Crane. Although the two have little in common and Rodney disagrees with Louise's views on the woman's role in society, they marry and have four children. Their personality differences eventually lead to a divorce. Louise eventually finds happiness with her second husband, eccentric Harold Pierson. Written by Daniel Bubbeo
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 April 1946 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
O Preço da Felicidade See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Played during the shot of the WWI garden and drill
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The airplane the family sees taxiing when pulling up to the airport is a Stearman C3-R, registration NC656K, built c.1928. As of 2018 it is still registered with the FAA. See more »Goofs
The young children toss a fuzzy duckling into the air and happily "watch" it as it supposedly flies up in the air. But ducklings have no feathers and cannot fly. See more »Soundtracks
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Played during the shot of the WWI garden and drill
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A wonderful Rosalind Russell vehicle with Jack Carson in fine form as her 2nd husband.
It tells us of a woman's determination to survive this world-despite deaths in the family, a heel of a husband, (Donald Woods),illness, and the Great Depression.
Russell throws her usual zest for this type of commanding woman in the film and succeeds. Though out of his league as the usual grade B actor, Woods succeeds here in the part of the first husband, who walks out on Russell after 10 years of marriage, 4 children and a life of hard times.
The film is definitely a slice of Americana and the idea of hard work and accomplishment. It also very well deals with adversity just as things are going so well. Isn't that so true of life itself? That's why the film succeeds and is quite memorable.