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Never a Dull Moment

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  • 1h 29m
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Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray in Never a Dull Moment (1950)
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ComedyRomanceWestern
Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and lea... Read allSophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and leave for his ranch in the west. Kay makes one difficult adjustment after another as Chris' k... Read allSophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and leave for his ranch in the west. Kay makes one difficult adjustment after another as Chris' kids preside over the ranch. Then, an incident occurs with a neighbor that prompts Kay to r... Read all
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    • George Marshall
    • Lou Breslow(screenplay)
    • Doris Anderson(screenplay)
    • Kay Swift(based on a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Irene Dunne
    • Fred MacMurray
    • William Demarest
    • George Marshall
    • Lou Breslow(screenplay)
    • Doris Anderson(screenplay)
    • Kay Swift(based on a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Irene Dunne
    • Fred MacMurray
    • William Demarest
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    • 17User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray in Never a Dull Moment (1950)
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    Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray in Never a Dull Moment (1950)
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    Irene Dunne, Jacqueline deWit, Fred MacMurray, and Philip Ober in Never a Dull Moment (1950)
    Natalie Wood, Irene Dunne, Andy Devine, Fred MacMurray, and Gigi Perreau in Never a Dull Moment (1950)
    Natalie Wood, Irene Dunne, Ann Doran, Fred MacMurray, and Gigi Perreau in Never a Dull Moment (1950)

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    Irene Dunne
    Irene Dunne
    • Kay
    Fred MacMurray
    Fred MacMurray
    • Chris Hayward
    William Demarest
    William Demarest
    • Mears
    Andy Devine
    Andy Devine
    • Orvie
    Gigi Perreau
    Gigi Perreau
    • Tina
    Natalie Wood
    Natalie Wood
    • Nan
    Philip Ober
    Philip Ober
    • Jed
    Jack Kirkwood
    • Papa Dude
    Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    • Jean
    Carl Andre
    • Rodeo Cowboy
    • (uncredited)
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • Tunk Johnson
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Rodeo Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Lela Bliss
    Lela Bliss
    • Mama Dude
    • (uncredited)
    Chester Conklin
    Chester Conklin
    • Albert
    • (uncredited)
    Jacqueline deWit
    Jacqueline deWit
    • Myra Van Elson
    • (uncredited)
    Helen Dickson
    Helen Dickson
    • Rodeo Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Mason Alan Dinehart
    Mason Alan Dinehart
    • Sonny Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Hazel Dohlman
    • Rodeo Spectator
    • (uncredited)
      • George Marshall
      • Lou Breslow(screenplay)
      • Doris Anderson(screenplay)
      • Kay Swift(based on a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      Won the Harvard Lampoon's "Dullest Movie" Award.
    • Goofs
      Opening scene takes place in a rodeo arena somewhere outside Manhattan, but surrounding terrain of flat dusty land, palm trees and mountains is obviously someplace in the West.
    • Quotes

      Chris: This gal's no ranch woman.

      Orvie: Oh, ranch woman, city woman... put 'em on a Mother Hubbard and a long end of a churn and they're all alike.

    • Soundtracks
      Once You Find Your Guy
      by Kay Swift

      Sung by Irene Dunne (uncredited)

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    7/10
    Broadway Goes To The Wide Open Spaces
    Never A Dull Moment is based on the book written by Broadway composer Kay Swift who gave up the bright lights of Broadway to settle down as a rancher's wife. Although it won't make the list of Irene Dunne's best films, it does have its amusing aspects and holds up pretty good today.

    The real Kay Swift according to her Wikipedia biography in 1939 met a rodeo cowboy and in a whirlwind courtship, married him and settled down on his ranch. Previously Swift whose two best known songs, popular to this day are Fine And Dandy and Can't We Be Friends, was involved in a long term relationship with George Gershwin. She had also been married before and I believe Philip Ober's character is based on her ex-husband, Paul James.

    In any event the film bears some similarities to another true story about urbanites moving to the country, The Egg And I in which Fred MacMurray also starred. Nobody could ever complain about Fred MacMurray as a light leading man in comedies. But as he himself said in westerns, even modern ones, the horse and he were never as one. The part MacMurray plays is not to dissimilar from the one John Wayne did in A Lady Takes A Chance. I think the Duke would have been great in the role and we would have seen a once in a lifetime teaming of Irene Dunne and John Wayne.

    Natalie Wood and Gigi Perreau play MacMurray's two daughters who take to Dunne quite easily, none of the stepmother angst in this film. And William Demarest has a great role as a grumpy old neighbor that MacMurray and Dunne have to put up with because he has the source of their water on his property.

    Not a great comedy for Dunne like The Awful Truth, Theodora Goes Wild, or My Favorite Wife, but an amusing film that will please her fans.
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    • Release date
      • August 19, 1950 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
      • Black and White

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