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Director:
H.C. Potter
Writers:
Dana Burnet (story)
Waldo Salt (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 July 1938 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | War more
Plot:
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A disappointment more (11 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Margaret Sullavan ... Daisy Heath

James Stewart ... Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Walter Pidgeon ... Sam Bailey

Hattie McDaniel ... Martha (Daily's maid)
Nat Pendleton ... 'Dice' Loderhouse Shaughnessy
Alan Curtis ... Thin Lips (Bill's friend)
Sam Levene ... Leer (Bill's friend)
Eleanor Lynn ... Sally (waitress)
Charles D. Brown ... 'Mac' McGonigle (stage manager)
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Charley Grapewin ... Wilson (caretaker) (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4302) | Australia:G
Company:
Loew's more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The costume worn by the chorus girls in the final song were used in Born to Dance (1936)'s final number "Swinging the Jinx Away". more
Quotes:
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew: Dying's a lot like being in love. You can't imagine it until its right on top of you. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Pettigrew's Girl (1919) more
Soundtrack:
You're in the Army Now more

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5 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
A disappointment, 18 January 2000
Author: Rory Aronsky (moviecritic@iname.com) from Pembroke Pines, Florida

After seeing Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart hit it off so well in The Shop Around The Corner (A film that is the ultimate in charm), I looked forward to seeing their early film together, The Shopworn Angel. This film was sort of a disappointment for me, even with James Stewart in it (One of my all-time favorite actors).

James Stewart plays a WWI soldier who is sent to New York for basic training. After being nearly run over by well-known actress Daisy Heath (Margaret Sullivan), he asks Daisy to pretend to be his girl just to impress his friends at the camp, but then a real romance forms.

I have one question for this film and that is, what romance? There was little to no chemistry between Stewart and Sullivan that I could see.

Stewart fans, take warning. Watch with caution.

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