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No Time for Love is a 1943 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Written by Claude Binyon, Robert Lees, and Frederic I. Rinaldo, the film is about a sophisticated female photographer assigned to photograph the tough "sandhog" construction workers at a tunnel project site. After saving one of the sandhogs from a fatal accident, she becomes attracted to this cocky well-built man they call Superman. Unsettled by her feelings, she hires the man as her assistance, believing that her attraction to him will diminish if she spends time with him. Their time together, however, leads to feelings of love, and she struggles to overcome her haughtiness and make her true feelings known.
No Time for Love was the third of six films starring Colbert and MacMurray, both of whom had previously worked with director Mitchell Leisen. The film was shot at Paramount Studios from June 8 to July 24, 1942. A special set was constructed for the tunnel scenes, based on blueprints for the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel. A special mix of adobe and water was used to produce the mud in the climatic scenes. No Time for Love was released by Paramount Pictures on November 10, 1943 in New York City. The film received good reviews in Variety and the New York Times, whose reviewer called it a "delightful comedy" and "a thoroughly ingratiating film". The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Interior Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Sam Comer).
Original Release
04/05/1943
US Release
11/10/1943
Cast
Name | Character |
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Claudette Colbert | Katherine Grant |
Fred MacMurray | Jim Ryan |
Ilka Chase | Hoppy Grant |
Richard Haydn | Roger Winant |
Paul McGrath | Henry Fulton |
June Havoc | Darlene |
Marjorie Gateson | Sophie |
Murray Alper | Moran |
Faith Brook | Pert Brunette |
Rod Cameron | Taylor |
Directors
Writers
Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Warren Duff, Claude Binyon
Cast
Name | Character |
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Claudette Colbert | Katherine Grant |
Fred MacMurray | Jim Ryan |
Ilka Chase | Hoppy Grant |
Richard Haydn | Roger Winant |
Paul McGrath | Henry Fulton |
June Havoc | Darlene |
Marjorie Gateson | Sophie |
Murray Alper | Moran |
Faith Brook | Pert Brunette |
Rod Cameron | Taylor |
Kenneth Chryst | Photographer |
Yvonne De Carlo | Showgirl |
Jerome de Nuccio | Leon Brice |
Sayre Dearing | Sidewalk Passerby |
Helen Dickson | Sidewalk Passerby |
George Dolenz | Captain of Waiters |
Jack Gardner | Photographer |
Bill Goodwin | Christley |
Kit Guard | Pop Murphy's Waiter |
Alan Hale Jr. | Union Checker |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mitchell Leisen | Producer |
Fred Kohlmar | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1945 | Oscar | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White | Nominated |