The Voice of the Turtle (One for the Book) (1947)

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John Van Druten's Broadway hit The Voice of the Turtle was purchased by Warner Bros. as a vehicle for...well, in all likelihood, stars Eleanor Parker and Ronald Reagan were both second choices. Reagan is a returning GI who falls in love with Parker, an ingenuous young actress. Circumstances require… More John Van Druten's Broadway hit The Voice of the Turtle was purchased by Warner Bros. as a vehicle for...well, in all likelihood, stars Eleanor Parker and Ronald Reagan were both second choices. Reagan is a returning GI who falls in love with Parker, an ingenuous young actress. Circumstances require the hero and heroine to share the same apartment, though the implications don't get much farther than the knowing wisecracks of supporting player Eve Arden. The original play's stars were Elliott Nugent and the matchless Margaret Sullavan, and both Reagan and Parker seem overwhelmed by the responsibility of filling those shoes. Nothing in The Voice of the Turtle (reissue title: One for the Book) is quite as funny as the film's outtakes, which were widely distributed during the Reagan presidency on the basis of a scene in which an increasingly testy Reagan is unable to zip up his trousers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By: Irving Rapper
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 25, 1947 Wide

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jay n

Even with Reagan's questionable talents this is a cute little comedy helped vastly as always by Eve Arden.

Cast

            Ronald Reagan as Sgt. Bill Page

            Eleanor Parker as Sally Middleton

            Eve Arden as Olive Lashbrooke

            Wayne Morris as Cmdr. Ned Burling

            Kent Smith as Kenneth Bartlett

            John Emery as George Harrington

            Erskine Sanford as Storekeeper

            John Holland as Henry Atherton

            Ernest Anderson as Elevator Man

            Louis Austin as Theater Party

            Peter Camlin as French-speaking person

            Tristram Coffin as Theater Party

            Bunty Cutler as Girl at Telephone

            Sarah Edwards as Woman

            Ross Ford as Soda Clerk

            William Gould as Man

            Doris Kemper as Woman in Delicatessen

            Douglas Kennedy as Naval Officer

            Philip Morris as Doorman

            Nino Pepitone as Headwaiter

            Nick Stewart [Nicodemus] as Elevator Boy

            Helen Wallace as Woman

            Janet Warren as Part of a theater party

            Frank Wilcox as Stanley Blake

            Brian O'Hara as Box-Office Clerk

            Richard Bartell as Ticket Agent

            Alan Foster as Vendor

            Robert Spencer as Boy

            Bernard DeRoux as French-Speaking Waiter

            Suzanne Dulier as French-Speaking Couple

            Jack Lee as Director
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