Cary Grant, Dan Tobin, Don Beddoe

In this screwball comedy, love-struck teenager Susan (Shirley Temple) sneaks into the apartment of playboy artist Richard Nugent (Cary Grant), where she's tracked down by her sister, Judge Margaret Tu...( read more  read more... )rner (Myrna Loy). Threatened with prison, Nugent agrees to date Susan until her infatuation subsides. Soon, Nugent is spouting teen slang and Susan is affecting an air of sophistication. Sidney Sheldon's screenplay won a Best Writing Oscar.

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Unrated, 95 min.

Directed by: Irving Reis

Release Date: July 24, 1947

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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • June 1, 2007
    I would have loved to have been in his shoes, Cary is a master at this game and does it in his own classic unique style!. . .
  • August 2, 2009
    Another classic comedy with Cary Grant as playboy artist Richard Nugent who through a court order has to date a love struck teenage named Susan (wonderfully played by Shirley Temple) who sneaks into his apartment one night. Her sister, Judge Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy) is convinc...( read more)ed that for Susan to get over Nugent is for her to date him and then she will eventually come to her senses. Of course Nugent goes out of his way to make sure that happens all the more quickly. This is a classic comedy that has everyone involved at their peak acting abilities, especially the three leads in Grant, Loy, and Temple. One of the best comedies from yesteryear.
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    Matt Beemish: I'm the court psychiatrist.
    Richard Nugent: Come back in an hour. I'll be crazy by then.
  • October 17, 2008
    A little silly but Shirley Temple is still pretty loveable as a teenager who falls for Cary Grant's charm.
  • November 10, 2009
    Delightful romantic comedy, with yet another outstanding Cary Grant performance. The pairing of Myrna Loy and Grant is terrific. Everyone in the cast is wonderful. Thoroughly enjoyable, fantastic screenplay, fine direction and a great pace. A highly entertaining classic.
  • September 17, 2009
    recommended by greenfruit.
  • September 17, 2009
    "Hi! Mellow greetings, yookie dookie!"


    A 1947 comedy directed by Irving Reis and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple.
    It's a screwball farce with a zany, unrealistic plotline but it works mainly because of the strength of the cast. Cary Grant is hilari...( read more)ous, even more so because he's not afraid to make himself look like a complete idiot, flying in the face of his oh-so-suave, debonair persona. Of course, this makes it all the more laugh-inducing. Myrna Loy is brilliant, as usual. She's a natural comedienne. Shirley Temple is older here than most people would probably remember her, no longer with a head full of ringlets, and playing a 17-year-old girl. She does a nice job with the role. She's funny and doesn't seem to have any trouble keeping up with the other two very talented leads. The supporting cast also gives some stand-out performances.

    It's interesting to see how teenagers were in 1947. The clothes, the slang (an example of that is in the quote above), the jitter bugs dancing in a malt shop... It's just all so fun to travel back in time to see.

    Among the numerous funny scenes, one stands out in my mind in particular because it contains some great, silly dialogue and is delivered so well. Cary Grant engages in a little wordplay with some pretty funny results. Even if you don't see the entire movie, I still think that one scene is a must-see. (I tried to post a YouTube video of it here but it seems that's not allowed in Flixster reviews. If you're interested, click here to see the clip.)

    Overall, it's a highly enjoyable, funny trip back in time to the days of bobby-soxers, jalopies, town picnics, and high school basketball players' unsettlingly tiny shorts. Recommended.


  • July 25, 2009
    Saw it before and really love her movies
  • May 1, 2009
    This film pairs Cary Grant with Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. Again there are 'tabu' ideals and adult subject matter for the time in this - comedy. Perhaps it had to be a comedy for the time but the underlying stories are very serious.
  • April 29, 2009
    Mellow greetings, yookie dookie! Follows Cary Grant as he is confused by just about everything happening, not to say he didn't start it.
  • April 22, 2009
    Never enjoyed watching as much as i watched this film, hilarious, i was in a dreamlike mood, the dinner scene was so funny, i kept rewinding it, good cast and cary grant was a total delight, im in-love with him, smitten all over him . . .

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