The More the Merrier
by George Stevens
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Actor: Bruce Bennett, Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Richard GainesDirector: George Stevens
Brand: Sony
Producer: George Stevens
Producer: Fred Guiol
Writer: Frank Ross
Writer: Garson Kanin
Writer: Lewis R. Foster
Writer: Richard Flournoy
Writer: Robert Russell
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of The More the Merrier
Movie Review: a great and funny movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I initially saw this one on TCM awhile back. When I happened onto it by accident I seized the opportunity. Jean Arthur is at her comedic best and Joel McCrea does a fine job as leading man. Yes, the storyline is a little "screwball". But one needs to kick back, relax, have a glass of wine and enjoy a light hearted comedy as this one definitely is. A great 'escape' movie for the "boomer" and beyond. Heck, let the kids, and grandkids see this one too. It is quality.
Summary of The More the Merrier
During the ww2 housing shortage in washington two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays cupid to the other two. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/02/2004 Starring: Jean Arthur Joel Mccrea Run time: 104 minutes Rating: NrPortly Charles Coburn makes a cute if unlikely cupid in George Stevens's smart 1943 romantic comedy. Jean Arthur is girl next door and big-city sophisticate rolled up in one bubbly package as Connie Milligan, a single woman in Washington D.C. who sublets a room in her small apartment during the wartime housing crisis. Her new roommate, the deadpan eccentric Mr. Dingle (Coburn, who won an Oscar for his rascally performance), dislikes her stiff, bureaucratic beau and takes it upon himself to find her an appropriate boyfriend, namely the soft-spoken industrial engineer Joe Carter (Joel McCrea), whom Dingle puts up in his half of the apartment. Stevens takes a measured approach to comedy: The first morning with all three in the cramped kitchen turns a painstakingly organized schedule into a chaotic free-for-all that just gets funnier as the anarchy builds. Even more effective is the contrast between the charmingly effusive Arthur and McCrea's sauntering style, which creates not so much sparks as a slow simmer as they continue to spend time together. One of the finest craftsmen of Hollywood's Golden Age, Stevens shapes this lightweight screenplay into one of the most delectable romantic comedies of all time. --Sean Axmaker
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