My Life with Caroline
| My Life with Caroline | |
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RKO Radio Pictures | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $503,000[1] |
| Box office | $830,000[1] |
My Life with Caroline is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Ronald Colman and Anna Lee, in her second Hollywood film[2] and her first in a starring role.[3] The supporting cast featured Charles Winninger, Reginald Gardiner and Gilbert Roland. The screenplay was written by John Van Druten and Arnold Belgard.[4]
Plot
Ditsy
While alone at a
As Caroline and Paco await an eastbound plane at the
Cast
- Ronald Colman as Anthony Mason
- Anna Lee as Caroline Mason
- Charles Winninger as Mr. Bliss
- Reginald Gardiner as Paul Martindale
- Gilbert Roland as Paco Del Valle
- Kay Leslie as Helen
- Hugh O'Connell as Muirhead
- Murray Alper as Jenkins
- Matt Moore as Walters
Background
In 1940,
The film's screenplay was written by John Van Druten and Arnold Belgard, adapted from Louis Verneuil's film The Train for Venice, which was based upon the play The Train for Venice, written by Verneuil and Georges Berr.[4]
Milestone had tested actresses Miriam Hopkins, Paulette Goddard and Jean Arthur for the role of Caroline but decided on Anna Lee after seeing her in the British film Young Man's Fancy.[6] My Life With Caroline was Lee's Hollywood debut in a starring role.[3]
The film's sets were designed by the
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "Mr. Colman locks with Mr. Gardiner in what is supposed to be a battle of wits, and thus until the end of the picture they merely pummel one another with flat gags. There must be some logical explanation why Lewis Milestone, who, after all, is no fool, should put his usually fine directorial hand to a story as vapid as this. There must be some further explanation why Mr. Colman, Mr. Gardiner and Miss Lee, who are all of them competent performers, should be wasted on such obvious frippery. But it's too much for our comprehension. Let's just call 'My Life With Caroline' time ill spent, and draw the curtain quietly thereon."[4]
Box office
The film recorded a loss of $32,000.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Richard Jewel, "RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951", Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 14 No. 1, 1994 p. 57
- ISBN 0-7864-2028-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-7864-2857-0.
- ^ a b c Crowther, Bosley (October 30, 1941). "The Screen". The New York Times. p. 27.
- ISBN 0-8021-3740-7.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-3161-8.
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