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9 November 1934 (USA)
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In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Henry Smith convinces his wife, Ellen, that they should take separate one-week vacations...
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Frank Morgan in innocuous RKO programmer...
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(Complete credited cast) | Frank Morgan | ... | Henry Smith |
| Genevieve Tobin | ... | Ellen Smith |
| Neil Hamilton | ... | David Mackenzie |
| Marian Nixon | ... | Andree |
| Glenn Anders | ... | Freddie Wilkins |
 | Gene Lockhart | ... | Skeets |
| Margaret Hamilton | ... | Whiffen |
 | Betty Grable | ... | Frances Gretchell |
| Charles Ray | ... | Leonard Purcell |
| Lona Andre | ... | Florence Purcell |
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82 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #292) |
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Three cast members listed in contemporary news items did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were: Erik Rhodes, Hilda Vaughn and Sheila Terry.
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Continuity: Glenn Anders' onscreen credits lists his character name as Freddie Wilkins, but he's called Freddie Clark throughout the movie.
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Far Above Cayuga's Waters
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One of the pleasures of my movie-going life is to watch FRANK MORGAN in just about anything. His well established mannerisms gave many an MGM film a lift, particularly in the '30s and '40s, but here he's doing a job for RKO under Pandro S. Berman's auspices and his lovable presence is somewhat ill served by a less than original script.
But even a mild programmer like this has some compensations. MARGARET HAMILTON plays a nosy maid influenced by astrology and a platinum-haired BETTY GRABLE makes a brief appearance in one of her early starlet roles. But the story revolves around the "seven year itch" aspect of Frank Morgan's marriage and his own inability to accept the fact that he's middle-aged. GENEVIEVE TOBIN makes no particular impression as his understanding wife who reluctantly accepts the idea that they take a vacation from marriage. NEIL HAMILTON has virtually little to do as her romantic interest.
It's Morgan's restless, blustery performance that carries the film, but there's not much plot to carry. Based on a play, it's a theme better handled years later in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH.