The More the Merrier

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The More the Merrier (26-Mar-1943)

Writers: Richard Flournoy; Lewis R. Foster; Frank Ross; Robert Russell

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jean Arthur Actor 17-Oct-1900 19-Jun-1991 Only Angels Have Wings

Bruce Bennett Actor 19-May-1906 24-Feb-2007 Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials

Charles Coburn Actor 17-Jun-1877 30-Aug-1961 The More the Merrier

Joel McCrea Actor 5-Nov-1905 20-Oct-1990 Ride the High Country

CAST

Jean Arthur ... 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
Clyde Fillmore ... Sen. Noonan
Stanley Clements ... Morton Rodakiewicz
Peggy Carroll ... Dancer

REVIEWS

Review by WOBBA (posted on 18-Jun-2005)

I am a big fan of old black and white movies made in the 1930's and 1940's. I recently saw this film for the first time and it is hilarious. Charles Coburn was great, he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this film and its very easy to see why. He was a riot. This movie is sort of advanced for its day, giving rise to the new found sexual freedom of Americans during and after World War II. It clearly portrayed the women as man hungry during the shortage of available men during the war. I have always found Charles Coburn entertaining, but he outdid himself in this one. Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea were the two stars of the film who ended up sharing a small apartment during the housing shortage in the Washington, D. C. area immediately after World War II. Coburn pulls a few strings and throws them together and in true movie fashion, they fall madly in love. I have seen a lot of films from Hollywood's Golden Era, but I had missed this one and was glad to see a film that was new to me. I am an old movie buff and I enjoyed it throughly.

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