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Ginger Rogers requested and received the perfect man for the job when she was paired with James Stewart for this riotous romance between a sizzling nightclub singer and a buttoned-down botany professor. Sent into town to retrieve an errant sib (James Ellison), Prof. Peter Morgan (Stewart) meets and marries show-stopping chanteuse Francey (Rogers) over the course of a single evening.
But the stars start crossing against the newlyweds when they travel to Morgan’s moss-backed college town to break the news to Morgan’s Mater and Pater (Beulah Bondi and Charles Coburn) and two soon finds themselves conducting a marriage incognito style. With Francey stuck posing as his brother’s girl, a fiancé left behind, a prim and proper college dean father and a mother with a heart condition arrayed against them, their marriage might be sunk before they can even announce it! Director George Steven’s first outing as a producer is a delight.
Original Release
05/13/1938
US Release
05/13/1938
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ginger Rogers | Francey Morgan / Francey Brent |
James Stewart | Peter Morgan, Jr. / Peter Morgan Jr. |
James Ellison | Keith Morgan |
Beulah Bondi | Martha Morgan |
Charles Coburn | Peter Morgan, Sr. / Peter Morgan Sr. |
Frances Mercer | Helen |
Phyllis Kennedy | Jenny |
Franklin Pangborn | Apartment Manager |
Grady Sutton | Culpepper - Teaching Assistant / Culpepper |
Jack Carson | Charlie - Waiter Captain / Charlie |
Directors
Writers
P.J. Wolfson, Ernest Pagano, I.A.R. Wylie, Anne Morrison Chapin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ginger Rogers | Francey Morgan / Francey Brent |
James Stewart | Peter Morgan, Jr. / Peter Morgan Jr. |
James Ellison | Keith Morgan |
Beulah Bondi | Martha Morgan |
Charles Coburn | Peter Morgan, Sr. / Peter Morgan Sr. |
Frances Mercer | Helen |
Phyllis Kennedy | Jenny |
Franklin Pangborn | Apartment Manager |
Grady Sutton | Culpepper - Teaching Assistant / Culpepper |
Jack Carson | Charlie - Waiter Captain / Charlie |
Alec Craig | Joseph - Chauffeur |
Willie Best | Train Porter |
Bobby Barber | Italian Waiter at Nightclub |
Lee Bennett | Student |
Ralph Brooks | Nightclub Patron |
Eugene Burr | Spectator |
Harry Campbell | Minor Role |
Spencer Charters | Henpecked Husband Shaving on Train |
Wally Dean | Faculty Member |
Jane Eberling | Girl on Bus |
Producers
Name | Role |
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George Stevens | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1939 | Oscar | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
1939 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |