Honeymoon (1947)

Director:

William Keighley

Writers:

Vicki Baum (story)
Michael Kanin (writer)

Release Date:

17 May 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

Cast

Shirley Temple	...	Barbara Olmstead
Franchot Tone	...	David Flanner
Guy Madison	...	Corporal Phil Vaughn
Lina Romay	...	Raquel Mendoza
Gene Lockhart	...	Consul Prescott
Corinna Mura	...	Senora Mendoza
Grant Mitchell	...	Congressman Crenshaw
Julio Villarreal	...	Senor Gaspar Mendoza
Manuel Arvide	...	Registrar
José Goula	...	Dr. Diego (as Jose R. Goula)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vida Aldana	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Paulita Arvizu	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Salvador Baguez	...	Boatman (uncredited)
Alma Beltran	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Alfred Berumen	...	Witness (uncredited)
Eumenio Blanco	...	Mexican Witness (uncredited)
Robert Bray	...	Bridegroom (uncredited)
George Brenner	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Anita Camargo	...	Flanner's Friend (uncredited)
Dolores Castelli	...	Servant Girl (uncredited)
Lucille Charles	...	Girl (uncredited)
Kay Christopher	...	Bride (uncredited)
Leo Cleary	...	Barnes (uncredited)
James Conaty	...	Nightclub Dance Extra / Gallery Extra (uncredited)
Fred Cordova	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Lita Cortez	...	Woman at Desk (uncredited)
Harry Denny	...	American Diplomat (uncredited)
Frances Dominguez	...	Seamstress (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez	...	Gardener (uncredited)
Alphonse Du Bois	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Elena Durán	...	Flanner's Friend (uncredited)
Joaquin Elizondo	...	Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	American diplomat (uncredited)
Paul Fierro	...	Clerk at Civil Registry (uncredited)
Carol Forman	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Israel García	...	Bailiff (uncredited)
Martin Garralaga	...	Official (uncredited)
Fred Godoy	...	Mexican Diplomat (uncredited)
Lupe González	...	Indian Woman (uncredited)
Rodolfo Hoyos	...	Storekeeper (uncredited)
Vi Ingraham	...	Flower Girl (uncredited)
Ted Kelly	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Trudy Marson	...	Miss Lippincott (uncredited)
George Mendoza	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Ernesto Monato	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Alex Montoya	...	First Lawyer (uncredited)
Julia Montoya	...	Seamstress (uncredited)
Forbes Murray	...	American Ambassador (uncredited)
Eduardo Noriega	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Ralph Norwood	...	Mexican Diplomat (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor	...	Gardener (uncredited)
Charles O'Curran	...	Band Leader (uncredited)
Alfredo Palacios	...	Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Manuel París	...	Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
Josephine Parra	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
John Parrish	...	Congressman Gilhooley (uncredited)
Gabriel Peralta	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Jose Portugal	...	Boy (uncredited)
Paul Ravel	...	Second Lawyer (uncredited)
Herbert Rawlinson	...	American (uncredited)
Mike J. Rodriguez	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Tony Roux	...	Mexican Witness (uncredited)
Mário Santos	...	Singer (uncredited)
Robert Tafur	...	Flanner's Friend (uncredited)
Jorge Treviño	...	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge	...	Judge Riberol (uncredited)
Felipe Turich	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Trini Varela	...	Señora Diaz (uncredited)
Lucio Villegas	...	Chairman of Meeting (uncredited)
Blanca Vischer	...	Flanner's Friend (uncredited)
Mary Worth	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Roque Ybarra	...	Mexican Witness (uncredited)
Ernesto Zambrano	...	Witness (uncredited)
Estelita Zarco	...	Bit Role (uncredited)

Directed by
William Keighley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vicki Baum		story
Michael Kanin		writer

Produced by
Warren Duff	....	producer
Robert Sparks	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Leigh Harline

Cinematography by
Edward Cronjager

Film Editing by
Ralph Dawson

Art Direction by
Ralph Berger
Albert S. D'Agostino

Set Decoration by
Tom Oliphant
Darrell Silvera

Costume Design by
Edward Stevenson

Makeup Department
Gordon Bau	....	makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Heath	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Clem Portman	....	sound
Earl A. Wolcott	....	sound

Special Effects by
Russell A. Cully	....	special effects (as Russell Cully)

Editorial Department
Harold Palmer	....	montage

Music Department
C. Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director

Other crew
Charles O'Curran	....	dance director

Production Companies

• William Keighley Productions (for)
• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Two Men and a Girl (UK)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #11593, General Audience)

Company:

William Keighley Productions

Soundtrack:

VEN AQUI

I confess ... I LOVED it!

I admit it, I'm just a sucker for these kind of romantic comedy fluff movies! I'd much rather watch a delightful and charming romp like this than some of the greatest film dramas made! I prefer to giggle rather than weep when I watch a film. Am I alone in this preference? Somehow, I doubt it.

Honeymoon stars Shirley Temple, all grown up (and looking prettier on film here than she ever did, before or after), and her character is in love with a soldier (Guy Madison) and wants to marry him, unfortunately in a foreign country. There's all kinds of paperwork to be done, so she tries to get the process expedited by using an older man, Franchot Tone (playing an American consul) as intermediary. He feels a sort of obligation to her because she's young and on her own (the soldier is supposed to meet her, but he gets sidetracked). Some very funny maneuverings keep placing her in Franchot's way, when he is trying to romance a lady of his own age, and his betrothed becomes jealous. Soon Shirley's character is developing a crush on the older man and becoming impatient with her own fiancée's boyish qualities.

There's a great pool scene where Shirley walks out in a pretty and modest bathing suit, but boy! does she look simply stunning! The film has a rather conventional, predictable ending, but we still enjoy it, because it feels right anyway and is pretty funny. I wonder why the script ended with "I now pronounce you ... legally married." How odd. What happened to "man and wife"?

TCM airs this May-December romance several times a year. Don't miss it, especially if you are a Shirley or Franchot fan. They're so cute together!

9 out of 10