During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.
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Title: The More the Merrier (1943)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jean Arthur | ... | Connie Milligan | |
| Joel McCrea | ... | Joe Carter | |
| Charles Coburn | ... | Benjamin Dingle | |
| Richard Gaines | ... | Charles J. Pendergast | |
| Bruce Bennett | ... | FBI Agent Evans | |
| Frank Sully | ... | FBI Agent Pike | |
| Donald Douglas | ... | FBI Agent Harding (as Don Douglas) | |
| Clyde Fillmore | ... | Senator Noonan | |
| Stanley Clements | ... | Morton Rodakiewicz | |
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It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
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"Why are nice men such dopes?" (original 40x60 poster) See more »Parents Guide:
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Narrator: Our vagabond camera takes us to beautiful Washington, D.C., the national capital of our United States, situated on the broad banks of the Potomac River. Living is pleasant and leisurely... for it is a city of formality and custom. Manners and courtesy are responsible for the well-ordered conduct of its daily affairs. The many fine restaurants of Washington are the delight of the epicurean and the gourmet, where one may enjoy to the full the rare dishes of the old south. ...
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(1943)
(Published as "Damn the Torpedos - Full Speed Ahead")
Music by Jay Gorney
Lyrics by Henry Myers and Edward Eliscu
Recited often by Charles Coburn (uncredited)
Sung by Coburn and other members of the Committee at the end
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Benjamin Dingle and Joe Carter read the Sunday funnies about Dick Tracy and the Leopard Lady. Leopard Lady is not an actual Dick Tracy villain but was made up for the movie. See more »Goofs
The Capitol building is not visible from the purported apartment address of 1708 D St NW. The Capitol is over 1.5 miles from the address, and the line of sight passes through numerous Federal buildings lining Constitution Avenue. Those buildings were there in 1942. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: Our vagabond camera takes us to beautiful Washington, D.C., the national capital of our United States, situated on the broad banks of the Potomac River. Living is pleasant and leisurely... for it is a city of formality and custom. Manners and courtesy are responsible for the well-ordered conduct of its daily affairs. The many fine restaurants of Washington are the delight of the epicurean and the gourmet, where one may enjoy to the full the rare dishes of the old south. ...
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The Torpedo Song(1943)
(Published as "Damn the Torpedos - Full Speed Ahead")
Music by Jay Gorney
Lyrics by Henry Myers and Edward Eliscu
Recited often by Charles Coburn (uncredited)
Sung by Coburn and other members of the Committee at the end
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EnglishRelease Date:
13 May 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Merry-Go-Round See more »Company Credits
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This starts unpromisingly (or was I just in the wrong mood?) with slapstick banana-skin-style gags which, however well done, show their age. Jean Arthur looks unassuming compared with her strong-girl tomboyish appearances in the Capra classics. But come Joel McCrea and the burgeoning love (at first resisted) between him and Arthur, and she shows a vulnerability and a range of expression that round out our knowledge of an already well-loved artist.
Charles Coburn, too, after the comic-strip cackhandedness of the first scenes, grows into an enjoyably human old rascal and Joel McCrea, blasé and hardbitten to begin with, develops into a fine romantic hero. The ending (will they, won't they?)recalls the end of the Cary Grant/Irene Dunne classic "The Awful Truth", and if I say that McCrea and Arthur do not pale by comparison, then I could hardly give higher praise than that.