Having Wonderful Time
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Actor: Eve Arden, Lucille Ball, Red SkeltonPrimary Contributor: Ginger Rogers
Primary Contributor: Jr. Douglas Fairbanks
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 70 minutes
Studio: Nostalgia Home Video
Movie Reviews of Having Wonderful Time
Movie Review: Ginger and Doug Make It Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
This wonderful RKO film from producer Pandro S. Berman has a sweetness and sense of charm only films from the 1930's posessed. Perhaps because it was a lesser production shoved between RKO's new screen team of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire this warm and enjoyable film hasn't gotten the attention it deserves. Ginger's fans, however, have always been aware of its existence.
Ginger is both lovely and endearing as Teddy, a young typist who laments she must work 50 weeks out of the year just to enjoy looking at the moon for two. It's exactly what she intends to do when she heads to the Catskills for vacation with a sharp outfit and nifty new hat.
Plot takes a back seat to enjoyment as director Alfred Santell lets the romance and humor unfold in a leisurely manner. It is not slow, however, and thanks to those great RKO sets and a nice score from Roy Webb everything is just right. Perhaps with a different cast this would be forgettable, but the two leads make it more than it has any right to be.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is his usual charming self as Chick, a worker at the resort Teddy eventually falls for after a rocky start. Red Skelon provides the humor as Camp Kare-Free's social director. An excellent supporting cast including Peggy Conklin, Eve Arden, Donald Meek, Lee Bowman, Lucille Ball, and Jack Carson as Teddy's ex-boyfriend.
Rogers is terrific here as a nice working girl who would rather play backgammon than fool around, at least until she gets Chick to wise up and realize love is more important than money. This is a nice find for Ginger's many fans who will enjoy watching her in this humorous romance from the mid-1930's. Skelton is actually billed here as Richard! A must own for Ginger's fans.
Summary of Having Wonderful Time
A Castkills vacation resort is the setting for romantic mishaps and slapstick fun in this lively comedy starring Ginger Rogers as a New York City office gal who falls for camp waiter Fouglas Fairbanks, Jr. Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Eve Arden also star. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.DVD Video
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