Wednesday 21 February 2018

Room for One More (1951 Norman Taurog)

Extremely lovely woman, played by Betsy Drake (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) keeps fostering children; luckily husband (both on- and off-screen) Cary Grant  is reasonably easy-going. Based on an account of such real happenings in the thirties by Anna Perrot(t) Rose, screenplay by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson (The War Between Men and Women). Luckily the brats - I mean children - are not annoying and deep voiced, terse George Winslow (Monkey Business) is good comedy value. Occasionally feels it could be better directed, and Max Steiner's score is nothing special, but entertaining. Grant delivers his comic lines so well he actually transcends the material. Robert Burks shot it for Warners.

Not sure where the French comes in. (Final title is 'Bonsoir'.)

'What's that?' (to Cary's sketch in the sand.)
'A woman.'
'It's not very good.'
'It's from memory.'

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