A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.A millionaire tries to buy his dying daughter a husband.
Pat Conway
- Bill
- (as Patrick Conway)
Bette Arlen
- Tennis Player
- (uncredited)
Barbara Billingsley
- Miss Alvy - Simon's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe haunting theme music by Bronislau Kaper was actually introduced two years earlier in MGM's A Life of Her Own (1950), but became a jazz standard under the title "Invitation", especially associated with tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson.
- SoundtracksAll I Do Is Dream of You
(uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
Briefly whistled by Van Johnson
Featured review
Not bad...just kind of awkward and strange.
The plot to "Invitation" is very odd to say the least and it's really a one of a kind picture. A woman (Dorothy McGuire) has learned a couple important things that folks she loved failed to mention to her: doctors expect her to be dead within a year due to her heart condition and thta her husband was paid by her father to marry her! How is the husband (Van Johnson) going to deal with all this?!
The plot was weird, confusing and hard to believe. I did, however, love Johnson't monologue with his wife late in the film...it was very sweet. A money-losing picture that isn't as bad as you might assume.
The plot was weird, confusing and hard to believe. I did, however, love Johnson't monologue with his wife late in the film...it was very sweet. A money-losing picture that isn't as bad as you might assume.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 21, 2019
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- Budget
- $1,020,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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