The Perfect Marriage

The Perfect Marriage
The Perfect Marriage
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lewis Allen
Written by	Leonard Spigelgass
Based on	The Perfect Marriage (play); by Samson Raphaelson
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Starring	Loretta Young; David Niven; Eddie Albert; Charlie Ruggles; Virginia Field; Rita Johnson
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Ellsworth Hoagland
Music by	Friedrich Hollaender
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 24, 1947;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million

The Perfect Marriage is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Lewis Allen and written by Leonard Spigelgass. The film stars Loretta Young, David Niven, Eddie Albert, Charlie Ruggles, Virginia Field, and Rita Johnson. The film was released on February 24, 1947, by Paramount Pictures.^[2]

Cast[]

Loretta Young as Maggie Williams
David Niven as Dale Williams
Eddie Albert as Gil Cummins
Charlie Ruggles as Dale Williams, Sr.
Virginia Field as Gloria
Rita Johnson as Mabel Manning
ZaSu Pitts as Rosa
Nona Griffith as Cookie Williams
Nana Bryant as Corinne Williams
Jerome Cowan as Addison Manning
Luella Gear as Dolly Haggerty
Howard Freeman as Peter Haggerty

Reception[]

T.M.P. of The New York Times said, "Whatever it was about The Perfect Marriage which convinced Producer Hal Wallis that this Samson Raphaelson-play was worth the trouble and expense of filming just doesn't come through on the screen. For the new potpourri of comedy, farce and drama, which opened yesterday at the Paramount Theatre, is a singularly shapeless and unrewarding entertainment. Not being acquainted with the play, we wouldn't know whether Leonard Spigelgass, the scenarist, tampered to any great extent with the original. But (and this is the only thing that matters right now) it is quite evident that Mr. Spigelgass certainly didn't contribute any improvements. He wrote an abundance of dialogue, to be sure, but most of it is witless."^[3]

References[]

^ "Stars Alone Not Enough". Variety. January 7, 1948. p. 62. Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Archive.org.
^ "The Perfect Marriage (1947) - Overview". TCM.com. 1947-01-15. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
^ T.M.P. (1947-01-16). "Movie Review - The Perfect Marriage - At the Paramount". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-06-28.

External links[]

The Perfect Marriage at IMDb

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[1] "Stars Alone Not Enough". Variety. January 7, 1948. p. 62. Retrieved August 29, 2019 – via Archive.org.

[2] "The Perfect Marriage (1947) - Overview". TCM.com. 1947-01-15. Retrieved 2015-06-28.

[3] T.M.P. (1947-01-16). "Movie Review - The Perfect Marriage - At the Paramount". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-06-28.

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