A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage.A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage.A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage.
Dan Dailey
- Jim Reynolds
- (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Richard Crane
- Eddie Lane
- (uncredited)
John Webb Dillion
- Postman
- (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
- Mrs. Miller
- (uncredited)
Sally Martin
- Second Stooge
- (uncredited)
Buddy Messinger
- Basketball Ticket Boy
- (uncredited)
Ann E. Todd
- First Stooge
- (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
- Joe Green - Ice Cream Man
- (uncredited)
Robert Winkler
- Urchin with Compact
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIf the name of the car Ted is selling sounds familiar - nine years after the release of this film, the Dodge division of Chrysler came out with its Coronet model in 1949. It was in production until 1959, and was brought back in 1965 until 1976.
- GoofsAfter 13 year old Harriet catches the bouquet and says "Hurray. I'm going to be married next." her MOTHER says "You're going to have to get out of the fourth grade, first." A 13 year old would be in the 7th or 8th grade. Her mother surely realizes that.
- Quotes
Harriet Thomas: [to Anastasia after tripping her up in the park] Sometimes girls like you go down and down until at last they fall victim to narcotics!
- ConnectionsFollowed by This Time for Keeps (1942)
- SoundtracksWhen You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose
(1914) (uncredited)
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Jack Mahoney
Whistled by Frank Morgan
Featured review
Studio contract players make the film
Frank Morgan is a little less of a bumbler, but still as lovable as he usually is in this MGM family comedy where the studio got to use a lot of its B list players.
Keeping Company has Morgan and Irene Rich as the parents of three daughters, Ann Rutherford, Gloria DeHaven, and Virginia Weidler in descending order. Weidler is horning in on the little Miss Fixit roles that Deanna Durbin had a Universal. Only she doesn't sing.
Rutherford the oldest has a couple of car salesmen who work for Gene Lockhart panting hot and heavy after her. Rutherford chooses and marries John Shelton instead of Dan Dailey, but Shelton has the older and more experienced Virginia Grey looking to come between them.
Keeping Company is the studio system at its best. None of MGM's name contract players head the cast to guarantee box office. This one played at the bottom of double features. But the people I've listed in this film are what made a lot of MGM's features so popular and if the audience didn't know their names their faces were indelibly imprinted on their minds. When a Frank Morgan came on the scene you could almost guarantee what was to come and you eagerly expected it.
An enjoyable family comedy that holds up well today.
Keeping Company has Morgan and Irene Rich as the parents of three daughters, Ann Rutherford, Gloria DeHaven, and Virginia Weidler in descending order. Weidler is horning in on the little Miss Fixit roles that Deanna Durbin had a Universal. Only she doesn't sing.
Rutherford the oldest has a couple of car salesmen who work for Gene Lockhart panting hot and heavy after her. Rutherford chooses and marries John Shelton instead of Dan Dailey, but Shelton has the older and more experienced Virginia Grey looking to come between them.
Keeping Company is the studio system at its best. None of MGM's name contract players head the cast to guarantee box office. This one played at the bottom of double features. But the people I've listed in this film are what made a lot of MGM's features so popular and if the audience didn't know their names their faces were indelibly imprinted on their minds. When a Frank Morgan came on the scene you could almost guarantee what was to come and you eagerly expected it.
An enjoyable family comedy that holds up well today.
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- bkoganbing
- Nov 30, 2015
Details
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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