Up In Mabel's Room (1944)
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Up in Mabel's Room was one of a mid-1940s series of profitable film revivals of venerable theatrical comedies, all produced by Edward Small and directed by Allan Dwan. Previously filmed in 1925, this rusty-dusty stage perennial was written by Otto Harbach and Willson Collison; Tom Reed was the… More Up in Mabel's Room was one of a mid-1940s series of profitable film revivals of venerable theatrical comedies, all produced by Edward Small and directed by Allan Dwan. Previously filmed in 1925, this rusty-dusty stage perennial was written by Otto Harbach and Willson Collison; Tom Reed was the scenarist hired to bring the play's creaky plot contrivances up to date. The story hinges on the fact that newly-married Gary Ainsworth (Dennis O'Keefe) once gave his former sweetheart Mabel (Gail Patrick) a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room before his wife Geraldine (Marjorie Reynolds) gets wise. Most of the film's laughs are generated by Mischa Auer as dour manservant Boris. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Allan Dwan
- Written By
- Tom Reed
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 7, 1944 Wide
- Studio
- United Artists
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
One of Dwan's weakest farces, it has a good dream sequence and other nice touches.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Pretty funny farce not much seen these days.
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Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide
Mistaken identities and double entendres, circa 1948.
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Cast
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Marjorie Reynolds
as Geraldine Ainsworth
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Dennis O'Keefe
as Gary Ainsworth
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Gail Patrick
as Mabel Essington
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Mischa Auer
as Boris
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Charlotte Greenwood
as Martha
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Lee Bowman
as Arthur Weldon
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John Hubbard
as Jimmy Larchmont
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Binnie Barnes
as Alicia Larchmont
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Janet Lambert
as Priscilla
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Fred Kohler Jr.
as Johnny
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Harry Hayden
as Justice of the Peace
