George and Catherine Apley, a Boston family, live a proper life in a social circle. However, Eleanor's love for Howard and John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.George and Catherine Apley, a Boston family, live a proper life in a social circle. However, Eleanor's love for Howard and John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.George and Catherine Apley, a Boston family, live a proper life in a social circle. However, Eleanor's love for Howard and John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.
Susan Blanchard
- Myrtle
- (scenes deleted)
John Ardell
- Trustee, Boston Waif Society
- (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
David Bond
- Manager, Modiste Shop
- (uncredited)
Clifford Brooke
- Charles
- (uncredited)
Cordelia Campbell
- Child Skater
- (uncredited)
Wally Dean
- Trustee, Boston Waif Society
- (uncredited)
Diana Douglas
- Sarah
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaErnst Lubitsch directed additional scenes after Joseph L. Mankiewicz left the picture.
- Quotes
Catherine Apley: She's from Worcester.
George Apley: [who is from Boston] From Worcester? A foreigner!
- ConnectionsSpoofed in The Red Skelton Hour: The Almost Late George Appleby (1961)
- SoundtracksEvery Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)
(uncredited)
Music by Karl Hoschna
Lyrics by Otto A. Harbach
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I doubt this film could have been pulled off without Ronald Colman in the title role as a descendant of the prominent Apley family of Boston. His entire life is taken up with people of similar background, and he considers anything outside of the Back Bay of Boston to be a foreign country. The film is set in the years prior to WWI and horse drawn forms of transportation are still the norm. He believes in his own form of noblesse oblige, and is very satisfied with his ways of giving back to the community - Tuesday Night Club on Tuesday, Wednesday Night Club on Wednesday - need I say more?
In this rarefied museum piece of a life, George's children are about to turn everything upside down. His daughter is in love with a Harvard professor - so far so good - who is a Yale man! And the young man is teaching that Emerson is a rebel! Even worse, his son is in love with a young lady from Worcester whose father is president of a tool and die works! "A foreigner" as George himself says. To top things off a flashing electric sign advertising Grapenuts has been put within sight of his front door.
Like I said before, if the part of George was played by anybody else but the dapper and charming Colman, this guy would probably come across as insufferable. As it turns out, George really has a generous soul, a point that is driven home by Colman's portrayal, but his point of view is crowded with traditions that are centuries old whose origin he doesn't really understand himself, and to step away from them - or to see any member of his family step away from them - leads to a sense of discomfort that makes him feel that he perceives a wrong that must be righted.
I'll let you watch and see how this all works out, but it really is a delightful comedy of manners with real heart and delightful character actors in the supporting roles. Highly recommended.
In this rarefied museum piece of a life, George's children are about to turn everything upside down. His daughter is in love with a Harvard professor - so far so good - who is a Yale man! And the young man is teaching that Emerson is a rebel! Even worse, his son is in love with a young lady from Worcester whose father is president of a tool and die works! "A foreigner" as George himself says. To top things off a flashing electric sign advertising Grapenuts has been put within sight of his front door.
Like I said before, if the part of George was played by anybody else but the dapper and charming Colman, this guy would probably come across as insufferable. As it turns out, George really has a generous soul, a point that is driven home by Colman's portrayal, but his point of view is crowded with traditions that are centuries old whose origin he doesn't really understand himself, and to step away from them - or to see any member of his family step away from them - leads to a sense of discomfort that makes him feel that he perceives a wrong that must be righted.
I'll let you watch and see how this all works out, but it really is a delightful comedy of manners with real heart and delightful character actors in the supporting roles. Highly recommended.
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- Also known as
- Den charmerande mr Apley
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- Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(New York City street scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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