Directed by:
Edward BuzzellScreenplay:
Charles HoffmanCinematography:
Joseph WalkerComposer:
Werner R. HeymannCast:
Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland, Gale Gordon, Lucille Ball, Jean Willes, Marie Blake (more)Plots(1)
Only the likes of Russell and Gwenn could create such lively and fun-loving merriment. Russell plays the stuffy dean of a women's college with a serious attitude that leaves her with little time to pursue romance. That is until a malicious reporter decides to start some nasty rumors regarding her and visiting astronomy professor Milland, for which Russell holds the baffled Milland responsible. As the dean's father, Gwenn steps in and decides that it's time his daughter devoted herself to something other than books and teaching, seeing Milland as the perfect catalyst for his plan. Russell was perhaps the one actress with the skill to approach such a role and still maintain her dignity while doing so. She had a charming complement in Gwenn, who was just as tender and loving as ever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rosalind Russell
USA
Best movies:
His Girl Friday (1940)
The Citadel (1938)
China Seas (1935)
Ray Milland
UK
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Love Story (1970)
Edmund Gwenn
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Janis Carter
USA
Best movies:
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Wild Gals of the Naked West (1962)
Francis Lederer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
Jerome Courtland
USA
Best movies:
Battleground (1949)
The Walking Hills (1949)
The Man from Colorado (1948)
Gale Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Speedway (1968)
The 'Burbs (1989)
All in a Night's Work (1961)
Lucille Ball
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Top Hat (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
Jean Willes
USA
Best movies:
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Marie Blake
USA
Best movies:
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Day-Time Wife (1939)
Lucile Browne
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dead End (1937)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
Wanda McKay
USA
Best movies:
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Great McGinty (1940)
John Smith
USA
Best movies:
We're No Angels (1955)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Going My Way (1944)
Walter Sande
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Norman Leavitt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Showdown (1963)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Clifton Young
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Possessed (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
Al Bridge
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gail Bonney
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)