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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781404956650
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404956654
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: November 02, 2004
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 28232
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1943
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Portly Charles Coburn makes a cute if unlikely cupid in George Stevens's smart 1943 romantic comedy. Jean Arthur is girl next door and big-city sophisticate rolled up in one bubbly package as Connie Milligan, a single woman in Washington D.C. who sublets a room in her small apartment during the wartime housing crisis. Her new roommate, the deadpan eccentric Mr. Dingle (Coburn, who won an Oscar for his rascally performance), dislikes her stiff, bureaucratic beau and takes it upon himself to find her an appropriate boyfriend, namely the soft-spoken industrial engineer Joe Carter (Joel McCrea), whom Dingle puts up in his half of the apartment. Stevens takes a measured approach to comedy: The first morning with all three in the cramped kitchen turns a painstakingly organized schedule into a chaotic free-for-all that just gets funnier as the anarchy builds. Even more effective is the contrast between the charmingly effusive Arthur and McCrea's sauntering style, which creates not so much sparks as a slow simmer as they continue to spend time together. One of the finest craftsmen of Hollywood's Golden Age, Stevens shapes this lightweight screenplay into one of the most delectable romantic comedies of all time. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of the best!
I can't say much here that hasn't already been said. I LOVE this movie! I don't know why it doesn't get more play. Jean Arthur's explosive crying made ME laugh until I cried. I don't think I had seen Joel McCrea in anything before this, but I definitely took notice of him after seeing this movie (and by the way, according to IMDB, Katherine Hepburn thought he was one of the best actors she had ever worked with). I was surprised by the sexual tension between McCrea and Arthur, and as another post ... Read More
Rating: - Top Comedy
This movie is a topnotch comedy and one of the best to ever come out of Hollywood. It means a great cast and a great director, but the outstanding actor is Charles Coburn as a busy body poking his nose into other people`s private lives. There are many situations in the film that will have you smiling, chuckling, and laughing. Of course, Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur, are excellent performers. One of their best movies. Don`t miss this one. A must see.
Rating: - Merrier and Merrier
Having watched George Stevens Jnr.'s documentary on his father, in which Joel McCrea, always self-deprecating, says he'd just finished a couple of movies, was a bit lazy and had a ranch to run, as his reason for not doing The More the Merrier, then to watch him prove he was perfect in the part. And George Stevens knew he would be. There are so many memorable moments in this film and I agree with another reviewer that it's easy to watch again and again. Jean Arthur, adorable in pyjamas and pigtails ... Read More
Rating: - A Warm and Funny Comedy
Written with the wonderful Jean Arthur in mind, this warm and often funny take on the housing and male shortage during WWII has a perfect cast and a romantic charm all its own. Charles Coburn won an Academy Award in support of Arthur and McCrea, who gives another of his very fine but often overlooked performances from the 1940's.
Unlike the bold and zany tilt of Carole Lombard or the swanky sophistication of Constance Bennett, Arthur's magic in comedy was her serious reactions to often very ... Read More
Rating:  - High def version
This DVD is in a high definition format and will not play on a regular DVD player. No where did I read that in the synopsis of the film. I also got no response when I complained to Amazon about it.
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