A traveling saleswoman convinces an army lieutenant to pose as her husband so that she can rent an apartment during the World War II housing shortage.A traveling saleswoman convinces an army lieutenant to pose as her husband so that she can rent an apartment during the World War II housing shortage.A traveling saleswoman convinces an army lieutenant to pose as her husband so that she can rent an apartment during the World War II housing shortage.
Marie Blake
- Wilbur's Mother
- (scenes deleted)
Bob Crosby
- Clarence Wilson
- (scenes deleted)
Ferdinand Munier
- Traveling Salesman
- (scenes deleted)
Lynn Baggett
- Disgruntled Traveler
- (uncredited)
Leah Baird
- Sailor's Mother
- (uncredited)
Robert Blake
- Wilbur
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was William Conrad's acting debut.
- GoofsNear the end of the film as Don starts to go after Jean, as the camera tracks him, its moving shadow falls across the back of someone standing in the foreground.
- Quotes
Colonel Michael Otley: Lucille, everyone in the Army isn't a general.
Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter: No, sir, but you'd be surprised how my tips increased after I started calling everyone general.
- SoundtracksWhatcha Say?
(1945) (uncredited)
Music by Burton Lane
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Performed by Dorothy Dandridge with Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra at the Tavern
Featured review
Mild WWII Comedy
Mildly amusing wartime programmer about housing shortage for service couples. Jean (Lupino) finagles an army officer (Prince) to pose as her husband so she can get restricted housing in a motel court. Naturally, "who sleeps where" type complications ensue as they work to keep up appearances. The pace picks up as the difficulties mount, ending finally in madcap farce.
The cast tries hard to make familiar material for the time work. Still, seams do show, especially with Lupino's sometimes over-eager performance. Clearly, she's anxious to show she's as good at comedy as she is at dramatics. Then too, when movie buffs think Greenstreet, comedy doesn't come to mind. But here he plays an unlikely over-weight colonel to pretty good effect. (Note how the script deals with this fudging of army fitness standards.)
The colorful mix of supporting characters includes a mischievous little Robert Blake, a busybody Ruth Donnelly, a bug-eyed Willy Best, and an addled Stuart Erwin. Together, they manage to keep the chuckles coming. The movie, however, doesn't rise to the first rank, perhaps because the elements don't blend into a seamless whole—you can almost see the characters and situations being assembled. Nonetheless, it's a generally entertaining glimpse into what titillated audiences coming out of the big war.
The cast tries hard to make familiar material for the time work. Still, seams do show, especially with Lupino's sometimes over-eager performance. Clearly, she's anxious to show she's as good at comedy as she is at dramatics. Then too, when movie buffs think Greenstreet, comedy doesn't come to mind. But here he plays an unlikely over-weight colonel to pretty good effect. (Note how the script deals with this fudging of army fitness standards.)
The colorful mix of supporting characters includes a mischievous little Robert Blake, a busybody Ruth Donnelly, a bug-eyed Willy Best, and an addled Stuart Erwin. Together, they manage to keep the chuckles coming. The movie, however, doesn't rise to the first rank, perhaps because the elements don't blend into a seamless whole—you can almost see the characters and situations being assembled. Nonetheless, it's a generally entertaining glimpse into what titillated audiences coming out of the big war.
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- dougdoepke
- Apr 4, 2011
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- Also known as
- Pillar to Post
- Filming locations
- Wilshire Boulevard and South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(cab goes through this intersection, driving on Wilshire, at beginning of film)
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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