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On Our Merry Way is a 1948 American comedy film produced by Benedict Bogeaus and Burgess Meredith and released by United Artists. At the time of its release, King Vidor and Leslie Fenton were credited with its direction, although the DVD lists John Huston and George Stevens, who assisted with one of the segments, as well. The screenplay by Laurence Stallings and Lou Breslow, based on an original story by Arch Oboler, is similar in style to that of Tales of Manhattan (1942), another anthology film made up of several vignettes linked by a single theme. The picture stars Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Harry James, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore and Fred MacMurray. marks the first joint movie appearance of Stewart and Fonda, who play a pair of musicians in their section of the film.
Original Release
02/03/1948
US Release
02/03/1948
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paulette Goddard | Martha Pease |
James Stewart | Slim |
Henry Fonda | Lank Solsky / Lank |
Harry James | Harry James |
Dorothy Lamour | Gloria Manners |
Victor Moore | Ashton Carrington |
Fred MacMurray | Al |
William Demarest | Floyd |
Hugh Herbert | Eli Hobbs |
Charles D. Brown | Mr. Sadd |
Directors
Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston, George Stevens
Writers
Laurence Stallings, Lou Breslow, Arch Oboler, John O'Hara
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paulette Goddard | Martha Pease |
James Stewart | Slim |
Henry Fonda | Lank Solsky / Lank |
Harry James | Harry James |
Dorothy Lamour | Gloria Manners |
Victor Moore | Ashton Carrington |
Fred MacMurray | Al |
William Demarest | Floyd |
Hugh Herbert | Eli Hobbs |
Charles D. Brown | Mr. Sadd |
Eduardo Ciannelli | Maxim |
Betty Caldwell | Cynthia Robbs |
Dorothy Ford | Lola Maxim |
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz |
Eilene Janssen | Peggy Thorndyke |
Frank Moran | Bookie |
David Whorf | Edgar Hobbs - aka Sniffles Dugan |
Bobby Barber | Maxim's Mechanic Helper / Onlooker with Harry James |
Eddie Borden | Movie Set Assistant |
Nana Bryant | Housekeeper (deleted sequence) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Burgess Meredith | Producer |
Benedict Bogeaus | Producer |