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Dorothy Fields (story) and
Herbert Fields (story) ...
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Release Date:
6 May 1938 (USA) more
Tagline:
WHEN IRENE SWINGS AND FLINGS AND SINGS, YOU LISTEN WITH YOUR HEART! (original poster - all caps) more
Plot:
Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster... more | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Irene Dunne | ... | Margaret 'Maggie' Garret |
 | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... | Daniel 'Dan' Brewster |
 | Alice Brady | ... | Minerva Garret |
| Guy Kibbee | ... | Dennis Garret |
| Jean Dixon | ... | Harrison |
| Eric Blore | ... | Potter |
 | Lucille Ball | ... | Salina Garret Pine |
| Warren Hymer | ... | Mike |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | Cafe Owner |
| Frank Milan | ... | Bert Pine |
| Dorothy Steiner | ... | Dotsy Pine |
| Estelle Steiner | ... | Betsy Pine |
| Phyllis Kennedy | ... | Marie |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Orchestra Leader |
| James Burke | ... | Policeman Mac McCarty |
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91 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #3976) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Revealing mistakes: When Bert greets his parents-in-law at breakfast, he says, "Morning Ma!" to his mother-in-law, then "Hello Kibbee!" to his father-in-law Dennis Garret, played by Guy Kibbee. more
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References Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) more
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Rock-a-Bye Baby more
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I have, since falling madly in love with her in "The Awful Truth," every movie made by Irene Dunne -- at least every one listed in the filmography here. Some of her women's pictures are surprisingly good and one -- "I Remember Mama" -- is impossible stomach, at least or me. "Shaw Boat" is my favorite movie musical.
I don't care for "My Favorite Wife," one of her most famous, because it seems snobbish and mean. And "A Guy Named Joe" rings false from start to finish.
This one falls somewhere in between but it is definitely a lesser entry. She is fine but Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is way, way too self-consciously cute. The toy duck and the duck sounds he make are really from hunger.
I think she was a trifle old for her role in "Show Boat" but her singing works and the est of the singing, especially by Helen Morgan and Paul Robeson, is extraordinary. And the Tosti we hear her singing in the recital Cary Grant barges in on in "The Awful Truth" is delightful.
Here, the music doesn't seem to work. She was a good, but I think not any sort of great, singer. There is something static about the presentation of her songs here.
My favorite Irene Dunne movies are "The Awful Truth," which I consider the funniest comedy ever made; "Show Boat"; "Unfinished Business," which is a real heartbreaker and one of Gregory La Cava's very best; and "Anna and the King of Siam," which I consider a very beautiful movie, despite the politically incorrect casting of Rex Harrison as the king.