Love Nest (1951)

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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… 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

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By: Joseph M. Newman
Written By: I. A. L. Diamond
Genres: Drama, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 10, 1951 Wide
On DVD: Apr 20, 2004
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
And Now, Here's Jack...on a Great DVD (published 4-21-04)
Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central
Feels like a sitcom premise annexed by the big screen

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Nicki M

Nice older movie. I think I bought this one when I was going through a Marilyn Monroe phase (reading book about her life), but I never got around to watching it. Probably just as well - she is barely in it, and when she is, she is considerably overshadowed by June Haver. This is… More
Nice older movie. I think I bought this one when I was going through a Marilyn Monroe phase (reading book about her life), but I never got around to watching it. Probably just as well - she is barely in it, and when she is, she is considerably overshadowed by June Haver. This is really just a nice little film. Kind of reminded me of a less extreme "The Moneypit" as the couple here have bought a boarding house and there is nothing but problems with it. Among their lodgers is an old romantic scammer and Marilyn Monroe who plays an old army friend. Light story, I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
jay n

Minor but likable little comedy with an able cast. Marilyn, whose part is small acquits herself well and looks like a million bucks.
Bruce B

Not a Bad Black & White Film, pretty good acting, and good story line. Maryln Monroe wasn't the main star in this one. It was enjoyable, and fun. Its always cool to see the prices of things back in the day, Like 2 Big Cans of Tomatoes for 35 cents, and rent for 65 dollars,… More
Not a Bad Black & White Film, pretty good acting, and good story line. Maryln Monroe wasn't the main star in this one. It was enjoyable, and fun. Its always cool to see the prices of things back in the day, Like 2 Big Cans of Tomatoes for 35 cents, and rent for 65 dollars, and a plumber charging $3.50 hr for labor. But hey whats to complain about this morning gas was $1.99. This is a Sunday Night Movie, its clean

Cast

            June Haver as Connie Scott

            William Lundigan as Jim Scott

            Frank Fay as Charley Patterson

            Marilyn Monroe as Roberta Stevens

            Jack Paar as Ed Forbes

            Leatrice Joy as Eadie Gaynor

            Henry Kulky as George Thompson

            Marie Blake as Mrs. Quigg

            Patricia Miller as Florence

            Maude Wallace as Mrs. Arnold

            Joe Ploski as Mr. Hansen

            Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Thompson

            Faire Binney as Mrs. Frazier

            Caryl Lincoln as Mrs. McNab

            Michael Ross as Mr. McNab

            Bob Jellison as Mr. Fain

            John Costello as Postman

            Charles Calvert as Mr. Knowland

            Jack Daly as Mr. Clark

            Ray Montgomery as Mr. Gray

            Florence Auer as Mrs. Braddock

            Edna Holland as Mrs. Engstrand

            Alvin Hammer as Glazier

            Elizabeth Slifer as Mrs. Healy

            Clifton Young as Meter Reader

            Tony DeMario as Wine Steward
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