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Newspaper publisher Bill Fullerton (John Halliday) offers his guest house to visiting reporter Vincent Bullitt (Melvyn Douglas) who is under a tight deadline to finish an important article and needs a quiet place to write. His arrival creates resentment from Fullerton’s daughter Alice (Deanna Durbin) and her boyfriend Ken (Jackie Cooper) since they were using the guest house as a rehearsal space for a show and fund raiser for the Boy Scouts. At first Alice tries to drive Vincent away through trickery but then develops a huge crush on him which causes concern for everyone. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett were co-writers on the screenplay and the movie garnered two Academy Award nominations, including one for the song, "My Own."
Original Release
10/07/1938
US Release
10/07/1938
Cast
Name | Character |
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Deanna Durbin | Alice Fullerton |
Melvyn Douglas | Vincent Bullitt |
Jackie Cooper | Kenneth 'Ken' Warren / Kenneth Warren |
Irene Rich | Dorothy Fullerton / Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton |
Nancy Carroll | Grace Bristow |
John Halliday | Gilbert Fullerton |
Jackie Searl | Tony (as Jack Searl) / Tony |
Juanita Quigley | The Pest / Butch Warren ("The Pest" in credits) |
Charles Coleman | Stevens |
Peggy Stewart | Mary Lee |
Directors
Writers
Bruce Manning, F. Hugh Herbert, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
Cast
Name | Character |
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Deanna Durbin | Alice Fullerton |
Melvyn Douglas | Vincent Bullitt |
Jackie Cooper | Kenneth 'Ken' Warren / Kenneth Warren |
Irene Rich | Dorothy Fullerton / Mrs. Dorothy Fullerton |
Nancy Carroll | Grace Bristow |
John Halliday | Gilbert Fullerton |
Jackie Searl | Tony (as Jack Searl) / Tony |
Juanita Quigley | The Pest / Butch Warren ("The Pest" in credits) |
Charles Coleman | Stevens |
Peggy Stewart | Mary Lee |
Grant Mitchell | Jeweler |
Claire Du Brey | Horsewoman |
Helen Grayco | Girl |
Buddy Pepper | Friend |
Vondell Darr | Friend |
Leonard Sues | Orchestra leader |
Edmund Mortimer | Guest |
Ruth Weston | Admirer |
David Oliver | Farmer |
Dick Chandlee | Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joe Pasternak | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1939 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1939 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song | Nominated |