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...More the Merrier (Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Joel McCrea; TIME...
Three's a Family (by Phoebe & Henry Ephron; produced by John Golden) assumes that the current increase in the birth rate, when translated into farce, means the more the merrier. To a middle-aged couple's small apartment comes their daughter (whose husband is in the Army) and her baby. No sooner has the household been converted into a nursery than the couple's son and imminently expectant daughter-in-law arrive to turn it into a delivery room. Another set of prospective parents also pay a call, but obligingly scram before the place becomes...
...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...
This sample teaser for Columbia Pictures' forthcoming comedy, The More The Merrier, was heard on 50 stations of the four major radio networks last week. CBS's Manhattan station WABC turned the silly gag down-to the extent of refusing to hitch the advertising plug to a newscast. Other CBS stations were willing, however, to mention McCrea's shower on variety and other light programs...