The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy (1935)

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Margaret Sullavan graduates from a girl's orphanage to an usherette's job at a Budapest movie theatre. Bibulous millionaire Frank Morgan makes a play for Margaret, but she keeps him at arm's length by picking a name from the phone book and insists that that's the name of her husband. The man chosen… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
William Wyler
Written By
Jane Hinton, Ferenc Molnár, Preston Sturges
Genres
Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1935 Wide
On DVD
Nov 5, 2002

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Sturges' gift for blending the sophisticated with the simple, the cynical with the sentimental has rarely been better evidenced than it is here.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Lustrous

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Morgan steals the show as the millionaire, and the rest of the cast performs with vigor.

  • Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks

    This strange, uncertain film doesn't augur or embody Wyler's subsequent trademarks so much as it calls them into relief through their very absence.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stella D


    ridiculously charming early wyler screwball with a cracking script by preston sturges. margaret sullavan never looked more adorable than here. playing an innocent orphan trying to avoid the advances of millionaire frank morgan by lying about her marital state, she picks herbert… More

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