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Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn star in this delightful comedy set during World War II about a single working-girl who, because of a significant housing shortage, sublets half her Washington D.C. apartment to two men for some very merry and very romantic results. For director George Stevens, THE MORE THE MERRIER would be the final film in his three picture deal with Columbia (the others were Penny Serenade and The Talk Of the Town), as well as his last project before entering the service in the Army Signal Corps film unit. THE MORE THE MERRIER featured terrific performances from its three stars and especially from Charles Coburn, who earned himself a 1943 Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor. Jean Arthur, who Stevens called "one of the greatest comediennes the screen has ever seen," garnered an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress. The film, written specifically for Arthur, also received nominations for Best Motion Picture Story, Best Screenplay, Best Picture and Best Director. In 1966, THE MORE THE MERRIER was remade as Walk, Don't Run, which starred Cary Grant and focused on the housing shortage during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Original Release
05/12/1943
US Release
05/12/1943
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Arthur | Connie Milligan / Constance Milligan |
Joel McCrea | Joe Carter |
Charles Coburn | Benjamin Dingle |
Richard Gaines | Charles J. Pendergast |
Bruce Bennett | FBI Agent Evans |
Frank Sully | FBI Agent Pike |
Donald Douglas | FBI Agent Harding |
Clyde Fillmore | Senator Noonan |
Stanley Clements | Morton Rodakiewicz |
David Alison | Man in Alley |
Directors
Writers
Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Garson Kanin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Arthur | Connie Milligan / Constance Milligan |
Joel McCrea | Joe Carter |
Charles Coburn | Benjamin Dingle |
Richard Gaines | Charles J. Pendergast |
Bruce Bennett | FBI Agent Evans |
Frank Sully | FBI Agent Pike |
Donald Douglas | FBI Agent Harding |
Clyde Fillmore | Senator Noonan |
Stanley Clements | Morton Rodakiewicz |
David Alison | Man in Alley |
Sam Ash | Committee Member |
Don Barclay | Drunk |
Brandon Beach | Shaving Gag |
Betzi Beaton | Miss Finch |
Hank Bell | Singing Man on Apartment Stairway |
Edward Biby | Committee Member |
Gladys Blake | Barmaid |
Lulu Mae Bohrman | Secretary |
Sally Cairns | Bathing Girl |
Jack Carr | Taxi Driver |
Producers
Name | Role |
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George Stevens | Producer |
Fred Guiol | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1944 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
1944 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |
1944 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay | Nominated |