Honeymoon (1947 film)

Honeymoon
Honeymoon
	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	May 17, 1947 (U.S.);
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,739,000

Honeymoon is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William Keighley, starring Shirley Temple, Guy Madison and Franchot Tone.

Plot

Barbara, the sweetheart of a GI corporal, and Phil, elope to Mexico City. Barbara discovers that her boyfriend, stationed in the

Vice Consul

goes to great lengths to intervene and help the young lovers, but frequent misunderstandings jeopardise his own upcoming marriage, including when Barbara's diving accident in a pool makes her want to pursue him instead.

Cast

Shirley Temple as Barbara Olmstead
Franchot Tone as David Flanner
Guy Madison as Corporal Phil Vaughn
Lina Romay as Raquel Mendoza
Gene Lockhart as Consul Prescott
Corinna Mura as Senora Mendoza
Grant Mitchell as Congressman Crenshaw
Julio Villarreal as Senor Gaspar Mendoza
Manuel Arvide as Registrar

Production

RKO originally planned to obtain the three stars of Since You Went Away from David O. Selznick, however Joseph Cotten refused the role played in the film by Franchot Tone. Production in 1945 Mexico City was delayed by a strike.^[4]

The film was William Keighley's first film after his World War II service with the First Motion Picture Unit and after he finished his tenure at Warner Bros.

Reception

According to Variety, the film earned less than $1 million at the box office.^[5]

The film recorded a loss of $675,000.^[2]

References

^ "Honeymoon: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p. 220
^ Honeymoon Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, allmovie.com
^ "Honeymoon (1947) - Notes - TCM.com". Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
^ "Variety 7 January 1948, page 62". Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2016.