The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier

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It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tail... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The More the Merrier:

Jean Arthur
Joel McCrea
Charles Coburn
Richard Gaines
Bruce Bennett
Frank Sully

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It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

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Variety - 9/10 by Variety StaffA sparkling and effervescing piece of entertainment.
Alternate Ending - 9/10 by Tim BraytonA gossamer-weight, charming film about how very awful it is to have the war fill every minute of your waking world - I don't know how that alchemy works, but it's sublime.
New York Times - 8/10 by Bosley CrowtherAs warm and refreshing a ray of sunshine as we've had in a very late Spring.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzCharming wartime comedy that only veers towards the end into sentimentality.
EmanuelLevy.Com - 7/10 by Emanuel LevyGeorge Stevens' charming romantic comedy, about wartime housing conditions, benefits immensely from the chemistry between Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea.
Video-Reviewmaster.com - 6/10 by Steve CrumHilarious wartime comedy with Charles Coburn stealing the show.
User Review - 10/10 by I don't know wI have a weakness for screwball comedies, not to mention the Earthy screen persona of Joel McCrea. I've always seen him as the blending of my two favorite actors of McCrea's era, Cary Grant and Joseph Cotten. It's almost fitting that Grant chose to remake this one as his final film as McCrea, in a performance not to far removed from his roles in THE PALM BEACH STORY or SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, seemed cast in a role that felt tailor made for Grant.
User Review - 10/10 by Rod EThis movie is hilarious! This one should have been listed with the most popular of vintage movies & yet I've never even heard of it before.
User Review - 10/10 by Chris GNot once have I recommended a film that inspired a remake with Cary Grant starring. Once you have a Cary Grant version there is no need to go back. This would be the first. Cary Grant's Walk Don't Run was a remake of The More the Merrier and they both stand equally sturdy in their time. It helps that the character Cary Grant made in the 60s was originated by Charles Coburn. Coburn playing Mr. Dingle adds a fatherly role absent in the Cary Grant version. I will always think of Grant as handsome and leading man. Coburn, immediately, was the elderly man with a few pranks up his sleeve to encourage the chemistry between Milligan (Jean Arthur) and Carter (Joel McCrae). This plot was entiely new when The More the Merrier was made which adds to the richness of its stamp on history; Walk Don't Run was not new, just redone. I believe that the element that stitched this movie together so perfectly was the actors in it. There is nothing extraordinary about the filming style or the themes, its your simple romantic comedy, so I'll stick to the acting. Nobody but McCrae could fall in love with Arthur in less than a week and nobody but Coburn could convince McCrae that he pursue after Arthur as well as poke Arthur into being romanced by McCrae. Coburn, he was the magic of the movie, all applause is due him. "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" He's a cupid without a bow and wings so his words and slapstick timing are the fuel to put in motion this zany but sweet story of a fully crowded apartment and the lovebirds inside.
User Review - 10/10 by Lisa Sthis movie is so cool. its so romantic. i think u like romatnic comedies ull like this.

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