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Director:
George Cukor
Writers:
Rachel Crothers (play)
Anita Loos (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 June 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy more
Plot:
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation... more | add synopsis
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Shimmering Adult Comedy-Drama more

Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Susan Trexel

Fredric March ... Barrie Trexel
Ruth Hussey ... Charlotte
John Carroll ... Clyde Rochester

Rita Hayworth ... Leonora Stubbs
Nigel Bruce ... Hutchins Stubbs
Bruce Cabot ... Michael O'Hara
Rose Hobart ... Irene Burroughs
Constance Collier ... Lady Millicent Wigstaff
Rita Quigley ... Blossom Trexel
Gloria DeHaven ... Enid
Richard Crane ... Bob Kent (as Richard O. Crane)
Norma Mitchell ... Hazel Paige
Marjorie Main ... Mary Maloney

Aldrich Bowker ... Patrick Maloney
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Gay Mrs. Trexel (UK)
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Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Germany:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #6246) | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The play originally opened on 10 April 1937 in Princeton, New Jersey, and moved to New York City, New York on 7 October 1937 where it ran for 288 performances. Gertrude Lawrence played the role of Susan. more
Quotes:
Barrie Trexel: If Susan's lying in a ditch, you can be sure it's a perfectly good ditch, with hot and cold running water. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) more
Soundtrack:
Religious Song more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Shimmering Adult Comedy-Drama, 20 April 2009
10/10
Author: brandt_tim from United States

Another of the forgotten gems of Crawford's career. This trifle of a play, (which reads badly) is transformed by George Cukor and an all-star cast into a marvelous film. It's Joan Crawford on speed, Freddy March doing his dour drunk, Ruth Hussey, Nigel Bruve, Rita Hayworth, Rose Hobart, Bruce Cabot, and Marjorie Main all thrown into some of the most glamorous settings, costumes, and situations there can can be in an MGM film. Then, the fun starts. Crawford is a marvel as Susan, (who knew anyone but Billie Burke and Rosalind Russell could talk that fast?) who truly believes that only by wrecking the lives of all around her with her judgments and opinions can she help them be truly happy. The funny lines abound; Marjorie Main:"Look at this hallway, 'frighten Dracula." Also, after the argument between Susan and Barrie that sets up their "happy" family summer together, look at the strange sado-masochistic smile on Susan's face after Barrie's threatened to hit her with a chair and she realizes he may not be the sop she thought. See this film if only to see Crawford in a truly champagne comedy.

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