Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Douglas Sirk

Writers:

Joseph Hoffman (writer)
Eleanor H. Porter (story)

Release Date:

4 July 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Wealthy Samuel Fulton is getting older and has no family of his own. He decides to leave his estate to the family of his first love...

Plot Keywords:

Money | Broke | Soda Jerk | Marriage Proposal | Love

Cast

Piper Laurie	...	Millicent Blaisdell
Rock Hudson	...	Dan Stebbins
Charles Coburn	...	Samuel Fulton / John Smith
Gigi Perreau	...	Roberta Blaisdell
Lynn Bari	...	Harriet Blaisdell
Larry Gates	...	Charles Blaisdell
William Reynolds	...	Howard Blaisdell
Skip Homeier	...	Carl Pennock
Paul Harvey	...	Judge Wilkins
Frank Ferguson	...	Edward Norton
Forrest Lewis	...	Martin Quinn
Gloria Holden	...	Mrs. Pennock
Fred Nurney	...	Fredericks
Sally Creighton	...	Arline Benson
Helen Wallace	...	Shirley White

Also Known As:

Oh Money, Money (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

Though Piper Laurie is pictured with Rock Hudson on the cover of the recent DVD she is not identified by name and not billed on the packaging. The name of the child-actress Gigi Perreau who played her sister is featured instead.

Quotes:

Samuel Fulton: You've a lovely family, Millicent. It could have been my family if you hadn't been so darn obstinate!

Movie Connections:

Features Hold Your Man (1929)

Soundtrack:

It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'

Outstanding period comedy

This is simply a pure delight of a comedy movie that runs on that ages-old premise - what would you do if you suddenly came into a fortune?

Everything about this film gels into an 89-minute delight; the story, script, sets, atmosphere, colour and, above all, the performances of a disparate group of actors who ensemble into a highly believable American 1920s small-town family.

Veteran screen actor Charles Coburn is outstanding as the irascible but soft-hearted Samuel Fulton and the 'Temple-esque' Gigi Perreau should have won an Oscar for her portrayal of Roberta. Yes, James Dean makes his first (and ultra-brief) appearance as a bit-parter in one of the drug-store scenes but don't let this incidental occurrence put you off.

Has Anybody Seen My Gal never outstays its welcome - indeed it seems to be over all too soon. It has yet (as of Dec. 2005) to be issued on DVD and I, for one, am eagerly awaiting its well-overdue release.