No Room for the Groom (1952)
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40% want to see it
(5 ratings)
Pity poor ex-GI Alvah Morrell (Tony Curtis). While on his honeymoon with perky Lee Kingshead (Piper Laurie), he comes down with a bad case of chicken pox. The moment he recovers, he's shipped overseas. And when Alvah returns home, he finds his house festooned with his wife's troublesome… More Pity poor ex-GI Alvah Morrell (Tony Curtis). While on his honeymoon with perky Lee Kingshead (Piper Laurie), he comes down with a bad case of chicken pox. The moment he recovers, he's shipped overseas. And when Alvah returns home, he finds his house festooned with his wife's troublesome relatives -- and, per the film's title, there's no room for him. Complicating matters is Lee's supercilious mother (Spring Byington), who does her best to break up the marriage so that her daughter will be free to marry wealthy-but-dull Herman Strouple (Don DeFore). No Room for the Groom plays like an elongated 2-reel comedy, but the stars are attractive and Douglas Sirk's direction is subtle and inventive. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Douglas Sirk
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A pleasant but inconsequential wartime sitcom comedy that provokes a frenzy but never rises to one.
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Cast
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Tony Curtis
as Alvah Morrell
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Piper Laurie
as Lee Kingshead
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Don DeFore
as Herman Strouple
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Spring Byington
as Mama Kingshead
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Lillian Bronson
as Aunt Elsa
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Paul McVey
as Dr. Trotter
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Alden 'Stephen' Chase
as Mr. Taylor
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Lee Aaker
as Donovan Murray
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Jack Kelly
as Will Stubbins
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Frank Sully
as Cousin Luke
- Elsie Baker
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Jack Daly
as Customer at Bar
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Lynne Hunter
as Cousin Betty
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David Janssen
as Soldier
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Lucille Lamarr
as Relative
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Fess Parker
as Cousin Ben
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Lee Turnbull
as Cousin Pete
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James Parnell
as Cousin Mike
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Janet Clark
as Cousin Dorothy
- Catherine Howard
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Harold Lockwood
as Relative
