That Wonderful Urge (1948)
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47% of users liked it
(72 ratings)
That Wonderful Urge is the second remake of Love is News (37), and is much closer to the original than the first remake (the Betty Grable musical Sweet Rosie O'Grady). Tyrone Power repeats his role from the 1937 film as a handsome reporter who targets a flighty heiress (Gene Tierney, taking over… More That Wonderful Urge is the second remake of Love is News (37), and is much closer to the original than the first remake (the Betty Grable musical Sweet Rosie O'Grady). Tyrone Power repeats his role from the 1937 film as a handsome reporter who targets a flighty heiress (Gene Tierney, taking over from Loretta Young) for ridicule. Sick of unwanted public attention, the heiress announces that she has secretly married Power, forcing him to endure the spotlight for a change. Several crosses and double-crosses later, Power and Tierney find that they're really in love after all. Personal item: This writer's favorite version of Love is News is the 1940 radio adaptation, which starred a wildly adlibbing Bob Hope. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert B. Sinclair
- Genres
- Romance, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Nov 20, 1948 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A lukewarm romantic comedy.
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Cast
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Tyrone Power
as Thomas Jefferson Tyler
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Gene Tierney
as Sara Farley
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Reginald Gardiner
as Count Andre de Guyon
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Arleen Whelan
as Jessica Woods
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Gene Lockhart
as Judge Parker
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Lucile Watson
as Aunt Cornelia Farley
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Lloyd Gough
as Duffy
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Porter Hall
as Attorney Ketchell
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Richard Gaines
as Mr. Whitson
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Taylor Holmes
as Attorney Rice
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Chill Wills
as Justice of the Peace Homer Beggs
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Hope Emerson
as Mrs. Riley
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Frank Ferguson
as Findlay
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Charles Arnt
as Mr. Bissell
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Francis Pierlot
as Barret
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Al Bridge
as Conovan
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John K. Butler
as Process Server
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Hal K. Dawson
as Passerby
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Bess Flowers
as Party Guest
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Robert Foulk
as Workman
- Jack Gargan
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Eula Guy
as Mrs. Beggs
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Chuck Hamilton
as Chauffeur
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Joe Haworth
as Ski Patrolman
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Percy Helton
as Drunk
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Perry Ivins
as Fisher
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Norman Leavitt
as Grocery Clerk
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Gertrude Michael
as Mrs. Whitson
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Forbes Murray
as Butler
- David Newell
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Eddie Parks
as Artist
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Isabel Randolph
as Mrs. Vickers
- Mickey Simpson
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Charles Tannen
as Reporter
- David Thursby
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Harry Tyler
as Counterman
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Robert B. Williams
as Special Policeman
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Marjorie Wood
as Woman
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Wilson Wood
as Court Clerk
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Charles Woolf
as Joe the Copy Boy
- John Davidson
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Frank O'Connor
as Bailiff
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Norman Phillips
as Western Union Messenger
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Mike Kilian
as Policeman
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Don Kohler
as Reporter
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Ed Randolph
as Waiter
- Bob McCord