1h 34min | Comedy | 24 December 1943
Director: George Marshall
Stars: Mary Martin, Franchot Tone, Dick Powell, Victor Moore, William Demarest.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036461/
Not classified as Music/al, but with DP & MM, I guess I decided to add it to the quest. Only 3 songs in the Soundtracks: 2 by DP, 1 by MM.
There's nothing special about this comedy, except how difficult the ending is to follow (especially when I don't pay attention very well to a dull comedy.) Pops (VM) wants MM to marry DP; her mother wants her to marry FT. Although the family is suing the Sudsy Soap sponsors for transcribing their lives into a radio drama without their knowledge or consent, their lawyer thinks that airing VM's intervention with MM, DP & FT will "make their case", even though VM agrees to the airing and hides the microphones in the house??? Even more elusive is why MM decides on the man of her choice. And really really confusing is the final moment when the loser howls after breaking the 4th wall with 1 sentence for the only time in the film. The End? What?
Paramount, dir. Marshall; 6
