Word: merrier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...preference for the pictures marked Male over those marked Female. The AMPS judges that its clientele prefers, in order: 1) musicals with girls; 2) comedies; 3) service films. Adds one AMPS man: "Even the colonels like Disney." Army favorites for May: Lady of Burlesque, White Savage, More the Merrier, The Human Comedy...
...More the Merrier (Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Joel McCrea; TIME...
...More the Merrier (Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Joel McCrea; TIME...
...More the Merrier (Columbia) is a smart, civilized comedy about wartime Washington's nationally famous housing shortage. It does credit to Director George Stevens (now an Army major) as his last civilian job. It is also a credit to its principals-Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and especially stoop-shouldered veteran Charles Coburn...
Some like it hot and some like it cold, but just about everybody ought to like "The More The Merrier" which is alternately both but always entertaining. The picture is nil if judged by any standards other than those of amusement; it has no particular message, nor do artistic criteria appear to enter in save to make the bits of humor more appetizing. But the picture is such a marvellous vehicle of entertainment that, especially during this particular period of the season, the tariff is more than repaid...