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Joy of Living (1938)

Approved  |   |  Comedy, Musical, Romance  |  6 May 1938 (USA)
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Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time.

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Dan
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Minerva
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Dennis
Jean Dixon ...
Harrison
Eric Blore ...
Potter
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Salina
Warren Hymer ...
Mike
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Cafe Owner
Frank Milan ...
Bert Pine
Dorothy Steiner ...
Dotsy Pine
Estelle Steiner ...
Betsy Pine
Phyllis Kennedy ...
Marie
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James Burke ...
Mac
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Broadway star Margaret Garrett has spent her whole life working to support her sponging relatives. When she meets carefree Dan Webster, she learns how to have fun for the first time. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

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THAT MAD NIGHT AT THE RINK WHEN SHE FELL AND BROKE HER PROMISE! (IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?) (original poster-all caps) See more »


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Also Known As:

Alegria de Viver  »

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When Maggie pursues Dan through the freight boxes, a man pushing an unladen trolley appears in front of Maggie despite not being seen in the shots of Dan. See more »

Quotes

Margaret 'Maggie' Garret: [looking at her maid under the steam ] Do you have to stay all day and smoke that thing?
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Referenced in The Public Eye (1992) See more »

Soundtracks

Just Let Me Look at You
(1938) (uncredited)
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Sung by Irene Dunne accompanied by a phonograph in her limousine
Reprised by her in the courtroom
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Based on fact?
30 July 2008 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

Does anyone know whether this movie is based on the Mary Astor case? Poor Mary, like the actress in the movie, had parents who sponged off her something rotten. They lived in a mansion she bought for them and, no matter how much money she gave them, spent it and demanded more. After she tried numerous times to curb their extravagance (she was spending more on them than on her own family), the case ended up in court, where the judge took Mary's side. After her parents' death, Mary discovered diaries in which her mother had written viciously about how much she hated her.

Given that the court case took place four years before this movie appeared, and that portraying parents as evil is highly unusual for Hollywood, especially in a musical comedy, it seems that this element of the movie was inspired by Astor's troubles, but does anyone know for sure?


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