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The More the Merrier
Directed by
George Stevens
Passed
1943
1h 44m
Comedy
,
Romance
7.6
100%
81%
7.0
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During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.
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Cast of The More the Merrier
Jean Arthur
Constance Milligan
Joel McCrea
Joe Carter
Charles Coburn
Benjamin Dingle
Richard Gaines
Charles J. Pendergast
Bruce Bennett
FBI Agent Evans
Frank Sully
FBI Agent Pike
Donald Douglas
FBI Agent Harding
Clyde Fillmore
Senator Noonan
Stanley Clements
Morton Rodakiewicz
Sam Ash
Committee Member (uncredited)
Don Barclay
Drunk (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Shaving Gag (uncredited)
Betzi Beaton
Miss Finch (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Committee Member (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
Barmaid (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
Night Club Guest (uncredited)
The More the Merrier Ratings & Reviews
WBUR’s Arts & Culture
Sean Burns
A farce that's funny and sometimes startlingly hot. (McCrea otherwise only had this kind of chemistry with Randolph Scott.)
Alternate Ending
Tim Brayton
A gossamer-weight, charming film about how very awful it is to have the war fill every minute of your waking world - I don't know how that alchemy works, but it's sublime.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
George Stevens' charming romantic comedy, about wartime housing conditions, benefits immensely from the chemistry between Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea.
Variety
Variety Staff
A sparkling and effervescing piece of entertainment.
Film School Rejects
Cole Abaius
Black and white, vaudevillian-style hilarity ensues.
TV Guide
A delightful and effervescent comedy marked with terrific performances.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Charming wartime comedy that only veers towards the end into sentimentality.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Hilarious wartime comedy with Charles Coburn stealing the show.
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
The film is best at the beginning.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
As warm and refreshing a ray of sunshine as we've had in a very late Spring.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Brilliant classic comedy
Filmsite
Tim Dirks
The More the Merrier (1943) is a delightful romantic comedy of the homefront at wartime, exploring the problems of housing-bed-man shortages.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Stevens moves things along a lot more briskly than is usual for him.
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