Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)

Director:

William Keighley

Writers:

Mark Reed (play)
Casey Robinson (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 February 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium...

Plot Keywords:

Culture Clash | Morality | Sex | Women's Rights | Aunt

Cast

Priscilla Lane	...	Ellen Murray
Jeffrey Lynn	...	Douglas 'Doug' Hall
Roland Young	...	Titus 'Jay' Jaywood
Fay Bainter	...	Ann 'Annie' Murray
May Robson	...	Granny Whitman
Genevieve Tobin	...	Aunt Connie Nevins
Ian Hunter	...	Lewis Murray
Robert Homans	...	Police Sergeant Murphy
Edward Gargan	...	Dayfield Motorcycle Policeman
Spencer Charters	...	Angus Dibble
Lottie Williams	...	Martha, the Maid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Panzer	...	Peter (scenes deleted)
George Tobias	...	Dock Worker

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #4840)

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The play originally opened in New York City, New York, USA on 9 February 1937 and ran for 405 performances.

Movie Connections:

Version of Älskling, jag ger mig (1943)

Soundtrack:

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Thoroughly Nauseating

Based on a stage play and it really shows. (The characters in this movie talk and talk endlessly.)The situation, with our plucky heroine going off for the weekend with a boyfriend who is soon to leave for an overseas job, just might be seen as racy for the late thirties. It is made pretty clear early on that Priscilla Lane would just never do that sort of thing and not return as pure as the newly fallen snow, but everybody in this movie has to talk about it - her mom, her aunt, her dad, her grandmother (the hammy May Robson), the mom's old boyfriend from way back when (played by Roland Young - and what is he doing here anyway? His character's presence makes no sense at all)- and the quality of the talk is moralizing and dreadfully dull. (The movie is not helped at all by the presence of Jeffrey Lynn, just about the stodgiest and dullest young leading man this side of Ronald Reagan.) Priscilla Lane could be genuinely charming at times, but she doesn't have a chance against a lousy script and heavy-handed direction. See it once, if you really have to see have see every movie that Priscilla Lane ever made....