John Loves Mary
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Directed by | David Butler |
Produced by | Jerry Wald |
Screenplay by | Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron |
Based on | John Loves Mary '47 play by Norman Krasna |
Starring | Ronald Reagan Jack Carson Wayne Morris Patricia Neal |
Music by | David Buttolph |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Irene Morra |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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96 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
John Loves Mary is a 1949 comedy film directed by David Butler and written by Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal and Jack Carson.[1] The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 19, 1949. It is based on the Broadway play John Loves Mary written by Norman Krasna, Feb 04, 1947 - Feb 07, 1948 at the Booth Theatre and Music Box Theatre, New York, NY.[2]
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Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. John Lawrence (Ronald Reagan) is a returning GI. Mary McKinley (Patricia Neal in her film debut) is the girl he left behind. But their reunion will have to wait: John has returned with cockney war bride Lilly Herbish (Virginia Field) in tow. It seems that John married Lilly as a favor to get her into the U.S., intending to divorce her so that she can wed her true love, John's old pal Fred Taylor (Jack Carson).[3]
Cast
- Ronald Reagan as John Lawrence
- Patricia Neal as Mary McKinley
- Jack Carson as Fred Taylor
- Wayne Morris as Lt. Victor O'Leary
- Edward Arnold as Sen. James McKinley
- Virginia Field as Lilly Herbish
- Katharine Alexander as Phyllis McKinley
- Paul Harvey as Gen. Biddle
- Ernest Cossart as Oscar Dugan
References
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- ↑ http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/john-loves-mary-v97250
External links
- John Loves Mary at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). John Loves Mary at IMDb
- John Loves Mary at AllMovie
- John Loves Mary at the TCM Movie Database
- John Loves Mary at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Review of film at Variety
- 1953 Best Plays radio adaptation of original play at Internet Archive
- 1949 films
- English-language films
- Articles using small message boxes
- Films directed by David Butler
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on plays
- Warner Bros. films
- 1940s musical comedy films
- 1940s romantic comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- American romantic musical films