Bedtime Story (1941)
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- Passed
- 1h 25min
- Comedy, Romance
- 25 Dec 1941 (USA)
- Movie
A playwright attempts to stop his wife from retiring so she can star in his next play.
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Cast verified as complete
| Fredric March | ... |
Luke Drake
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| Loretta Young | ... |
Jane Drake
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| Robert Benchley | ... |
Eddie Turner
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| Allyn Joslyn | ... |
William Dudley
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| Eve Arden | ... |
Virginia Cole
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| Helen Westley | ... |
Emma Harper
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| Joyce Compton | ... |
Beulah
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| Tim Ryan | ... |
Mac
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| Olaf Hytten | ... |
Alfred
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| Dorothy Adams | ... |
Betsy
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| Clarence Kolb | ... |
Collins
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| Andrew Tombes | ... |
Pierce
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| Ernie Adams | ... |
Plumber (uncredited)
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| Jessie Arnold | ... |
Church Committee Member (uncredited)
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| Georgia Backus | ... |
Cashier (uncredited)
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| Don Barclay | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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| Sammy Blum | ... |
Porter (uncredited)
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| Stanley Brown | ... |
Tommy (uncredited)
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| Spencer Charters | ... |
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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| Chester Clute | ... |
Second Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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| Catherine Courtney | ... |
Church Committee Member (uncredited)
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Oliver Cross | ... |
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
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| Louise Currie | ... |
Hotel Telephone Operator (uncredited)
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| Frank Darien | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Lew Davis | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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| Sayre Dearing | ... |
Hotel Lobby Guest (uncredited)
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| Vernon Dent | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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Harry Depp | ... |
Spray Man (uncredited)
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| Sarah Edwards | ... |
Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Charles Ferguson | ... |
Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
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Eddie Fetherston | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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| James Flavin | ... |
Hotel Guest in Room 625 (uncredited)
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| Byron Foulger | ... |
First Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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John Frank | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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| Dick Gordon | ... |
Troupe Member (uncredited)
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| Jayne Hazard | ... |
Mabel Chadwick (uncredited)
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Alice Keating | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Jane Keckley | ... |
Church Committee Member (uncredited)
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| Mike Lally | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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King Lockwood | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Beatrice Maude | ... |
May (uncredited)
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| Philo McCullough | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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| Edward McWade | ... |
Elderly Man (uncredited)
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| Torben Meyer | ... |
Dinglehoff (uncredited)
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| Edmund Mortimer | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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| James C. Morton | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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Roger Neury | ... |
Waiter at Lindy's (uncredited)
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| William Newell | ... |
Auto Court Manager (uncredited)
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| Barry Norton | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Jack O'Malley | ... |
Dispatcher (uncredited)
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| David Oliver | ... |
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
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Ted Oliver | ... |
Mike (uncredited)
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Curtis Railing | ... |
Elderly Woman (uncredited)
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Claire Rochelle | ... |
Telephone Girl (uncredited)
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William Ruhl | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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| Paul Russell | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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| Marshall Ruth | ... |
Conventioneer (uncredited)
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| Cosmo Sardo | ... |
Baggage Clerk (uncredited)
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| Reginald Sheffield | ... |
Broadcaster (uncredited)
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| Kathryn Sheldon | ... |
Chambermaid (uncredited)
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| Larry Steers | ... |
Audience Member (uncredited)
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| Harry Strang | ... |
Electrician (uncredited)
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| Grady Sutton | ... |
Bert (uncredited)
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| John Tyrrell | ... |
Baggage Man (uncredited)
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| Dorothy Vernon | ... |
Church Committee Member (uncredited)
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| Emmett Vogan | ... |
Mike Sadden (uncredited)
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Bess Wade | ... |
Church Committee Member (uncredited)
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| Pierre Watkin | ... |
Eccles (uncredited)
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Cecil Weston | ... |
Church Committee Member (uncredited)
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| Duke York | ... |
Phil (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Alexander Hall | ||
Written by
| Richard Flournoy | ... | (screen play by) |
| Horace Jackson | ... | (story by) & |
| Grant Garett | ... | (story by) (as Grant Garrett) |
| George Seaton | ... | (contributor to treatment) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| B.P. Schulberg | ... | producer (produced by) (as B. P. Schulberg) |
Music by
| Werner R. Heymann | ||
Cinematography by
| Joseph Walker | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Viola Lawrence | ||
Art Direction by
| Lionel Banks | ||
Costume Design by
| Irene | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
| Charles Gemora | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| William Mull | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Cary Odell | ... | associate art director (as Cary O'Dell) |
Sound Department
| George Cooper | ... | sound engineer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Morris Stoloff | ... | musical director (as M. W. Stoloff) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Pictures (1941) (United States) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures of Canada (1942) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1942) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1944) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Screen Gems (1956) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Western Electric (mirrophonic sound recording)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | A bedtime story every woman wants to be told...with gestures! (Trade paper ad). See more » |
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| Parents Guide | Add content advisory for parents » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | After a night at a roadside gas station and motel, Mr. Drake (Fredric March) asks Mrs. Drake (Loretta Young) to pay for her room. She says that she's out of cash, so she'll have to use her credit card. The use of the term credit card in this 1941 movie is curious. The first use of this term is attributed to Edward Bellamy in his 1887 Utopian novel, 'Looking Backward,' but the first real credit card (not to be confused with a single-vendor charge card, issued by department stores, airlines and the like) didn't come along until the Diners Club card was introduced in 1950. However, gas stations were beginning to accept each others' charge cards in the 1930s. Obviously, the names were being used interchangeably even before the likes of Diners Club, Carte Blanche, American Express, and various bank-issued credit cards appeared on the scene. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Alias Boston Blackie (1942). See more » |
| Quotes |
[last lines, at the end of the play's premiere]
Luke Drake: It's a smash hit, Eddie -- it'll run five years! Jane Drake: Ladies and gentlemen! This will have the shortest run of any of Mr. Drake's plays... [gasps from audience] Luke Drake: No, no, no. Five years! Jane Drake: It will be closed in the early spring by an act of God. And I'm sure Mr. Drake hopes it will be... a boy. [Luke faints] See more » |