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Joy of Living (1938)

Director: Tay Garnett

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From Time Out Film Guide

Musical screwball comedy from RKO which had its title changed from Joy of Loving (naughty, naughty, said the Production Code). Dunne plays a musical comedy star driven to the brink of exhaustion by the demands of the greedy, money-grubbing family she supports; Fairbanks is the carefree hero who helps her to opt out of the rat race by showing her the joys of loving (ie. eating in romantically cosy neighbourhood restaurants and running about barefoot in the rain). Dunne sings several Jerome Kern numbers, all very stiffly staged; and the dropout message characteristic of the period hedges its bets all the way (Fairbanks may be against money-grubbing, but with an island paradise and a small cargo business of his own he's all right). Faintly tiresome and full of flat stretches, but the excellent supporting cast helps.

Author: TM 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Tay Garnett

Producer: Felix Young

Cast: Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Alice Brady, Guy Kibbee, Eric Blore, Lucille Ball, Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Jean Dixon full cast

Genre(s): Musicals

Duration: 90 mins


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