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Writer:
Oscar Brodney (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 September 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A delightful, charming, effervescent romantic comedy! more (3 total)

Cast

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Deanna Durbin ... Mary Peppertree

Edmond O'Brien ... Lt. Tom Farrington
Don Taylor ... David Paxton
Jeffrey Lynn ... Phillip Manning
Ray Collins ... Harvey Elwood
Hugo Haas ... Gustav Heindel
Harry Davenport ... Justice Peabody
Griff Barnett ... Timothy Peppertree
Katharine Alexander ... Miss Harkness
James Todd ... Justice Van Sloan
Morris Ankrum ... Adm. Walton
Frank Conroy ... Samuel Litchfield
Leon Belasco ... Igor
Louise Beavers ... Bertha
Raymond Greenleaf ... Justice Williams
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved | Finland:S
Company:
Universal International Pictures (UI) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In September 1947, Universal announced that Karl Tunberg would produce this film and William A. Seiter would direct. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the kitchen at Gustav's, Mary is wearing earrings in some shots, but not in others. more

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A delightful, charming, effervescent romantic comedy!, 15 May 2002
Author: Tom Sanchez from Los Angeles, California

What a way to go! "For The Love of Mary" was Deanna Durbin's swansong. She proves what a charming, sparkling entertainer she was in her role as Mary Peppertree, a White House operator. This film (in it's acting, casting of veteran character actors, such as Harry Davenport and Louise Beavers, and it's lyrical though swift pacing) really marks the end of romantic comedy as practiced by the practitioners of screwball comedy. Romantic comedies would never again be this light, unpretentious, and wholesome, in my opinion.

Deanna Durbin shines as a comedic actress in this film as she never did as an adult performer because she never had a comedy script as bright and as fresh as this one. The chemistry between her and Edmond O'Brien is strong and sexy. This is one of the few romantic comedies to believably transport one to an idyllic world in which everyone can be lighthearted and in love with life if one were only in the right place and with the right kind of people.

"For The Love of Mary" deserves far more widespread viewing and critical praise than it currently has. It is great that it is now on video for all to appreciate.

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