A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
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Claudette Colbert | Gerry Jeffers |
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Joel McCrea | Tom Jeffers |
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Mary Astor | The Princess Centimillia |
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Rudy Vallee | J.D. Hackensacker III |
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Sig Arno | Toto |
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Robert Warwick | Mr. Hinch |
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Arthur Stuart Hull | Mr. Osmond |
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Torben Meyer | Dr. Kluck |
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Jimmy Conlin | Mr. Asweld |
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Victor Potel | Mr. McKeewie |
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William Demarest | First Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Jack Norton | Second Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Robert Greig | Third Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Roscoe Ates | Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Dewey Robinson | Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Chester Conklin | Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Sheldon Jett | Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club |
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Robert Dudley | Wienie King |
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Franklin Pangborn | Manager |
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Arthur Hoyt | Pullman Conductor |
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Al Bridge | Conductor |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones | Colored Bartender |
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Charles R. Moore | Colored Porter |
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Frank Moran | Brakeman |
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Harry Rosenthal | Orchestra Leader |
| Director | Preston Sturges |
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| Writer | Preston Sturges, Ernst L. Frank | |
| Producer | Buddy G. DeSylva, Paul Jones | |
| Musician | Victor Young | |
| Photography | Victor Milner | |
| Edition | The Criterion Collection |
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| Packaging | HD Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Academy Ratio (1.37:1) |
| Audio Tracks | LPCM Mono [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Regions | Region A |
| Watched | |
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| Index | 2152 |
| Added Date | Dec 26, 2018 14:29:08 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:49 |
Beth's movie.
Christmas 2018 gift from me
SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with writer and film historian James Harvey about director Preston Sturges
New interview with actor and comedian Bill Hader about Sturges
Safeguarding Military Information, a 1941 World War II propaganda short written by Sturges
Screen Guild Theater radio adaptation of the film from March 1943
PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
New cover by Maurice Vellekoop