The More the Merrier (1943);
The Impatient Years (1944)

September 28, 2012 - 7:30 pm

Billy Wilder Theater

In-person:

Marilyn Ann Moss, author, "Giant: George Stevens, A Life on Film."

Restored Print!

The More the Merrier (1943)

Directed by George Stevens

During a housing shortage in Washington, D.C., Connie Milligan (Arthur) rents a room to an elderly, retired Benjamin Dingle (Coburn), who in turn, rents half of his room to a serviceman (McCrea) awaiting his military assignment. Soon, Dingle is playing cupid, trying to pair up the two young people and save Connie from marriage to a bloodless bureaucrat in this timely romantic comedy.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: George Stevens. Screenwriter: Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster. Based on a story by Robert Russell and Frank Ross. Cinematographer: Ted Tetzlaff. Editor: Otto Meyer. Cast: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Bruce Bennett.

35mm, b/w, 104 min.

Restored Print!

The Impatient Years (1944)

Directed by Irving Cummings

Janie and Andy Anderson were newlyweds during Andy’s military service. Since Andy’s return, the two feel estranged—despite their new baby—and seek a divorce. Ordered instead by the judge to retrace the steps of their courtship, they re-discover and re-kindle their original spark, despite misunderstandings along the way. Approaching the somewhat far-fetched premise with aplomb, Arthur infuses her disaffected character with a sense of hope.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Irving Cummings. Screenwriter: Virginia Van Upp. Cinematographer: Joseph Walker. Editor: Al Clark. Cast: Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan, Charley Grapewin.

35mm, b/w, 91 min.

Part of:

The Two Faces of Jean

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The More the Merrier (1943); The Impatient Years (1944)

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The Impatient Years (1944)

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The More the Merrier (1943);
The Impatient Years (1944)