Love Nest (1951)
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39% of users liked it
(1,259 ratings)
Love Nest is a thoroughly likeable formula comedy with a most engaging cast. William Lundigan plays Jim Scott, an aspiring writer who, together with his wife Connie (June Haver), moves into the basement of an apartment building that they've bought. Scott's hopes to keep financially solvent… More Love Nest is a thoroughly likeable formula comedy with a most engaging cast. William Lundigan plays Jim Scott, an aspiring writer who, together with his wife Connie (June Haver), moves into the basement of an apartment building that they've bought. Scott's hopes to keep financially solvent are thwarted by the everyday travails of maintaining the building and ministering to the needs of the tenants. The episodic plotline settles on the activities of charming con artist Charley Patterson (Frank Fay), who targets tenant Eadie Gaynor (Leatrice Joy) as his latest victim. When Patterson is finally arrested, he generously offers to tell his life story to Scott, thereby launching the latter's writing career in earnest. Love Nest was frequently revived throughout the 1950s and 1960s because of the supporting-cast presence of future sex symbol Marilyn Monroe and TV talk host Jack Paar. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph M. Newman
- Written By
- I.A.L. Diamond, Scott Corbett, I. A. L. Diamond
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 10, 1951 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Pleasant, mild comedy visually rich in rich in long take camera movements.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
And Now, Here's Jack...on a Great DVD (published 4-21-04)
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Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central
Feels like a sitcom premise annexed by the big screen
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Cast
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June Haver
as Connie Scott
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William Lundigan
as Jim Scott
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Frank Fay
as Charley Patterson
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Marilyn Monroe
as Roberta Stevens
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Jack Paar
as Ed Forbes
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Leatrice Joy
as Eadie Gaynor
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Henry Kulky
as George Thompson
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Marie Blake
as Mrs. Quigg
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Patricia Miller
as Florence
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Maude Wallace
as Mrs. Arnold
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Joe Ploski
as Mr. Hansen
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Martha Wentworth
as Mrs. Thompson
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Faire Binney
as Mrs. Frazier
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Caryl Lincoln
as Mrs. McNab
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Michael Ross
as Mr. McNab
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Bob Jellison
as Mr. Fain
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John Costello
as Postman
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Charles Calvert
as Mr. Knowland
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Jack Daly
as Mr. Clark
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Ray Montgomery
as Mr. Gray
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Florence Auer
as Mrs. Braddock
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Edna Holland
as Mrs. Engstrand
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Alvin Hammer
as Glazier
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Elizabeth Slifer
as Mrs. Healy
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Clifton Young
as Meter Reader
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Tony DeMario
as Wine Steward
