Having Wonderful Time
(1938)
70-71 mins | Comedy | 1 July 1938
Director:
Alfred SantellWriter:
Arthur KoberCinematographer:
Robert de GrasseEditor:
William HamiltonProduction Designer:
Van Nest PolglaseProduction Company:
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.According to reviews, Arthur Kober changed the setting and the ethnicity of his characters when he adapted his stage play for the screen. In the play, the characters were Jewish and the resort was in the Catskill Mountains. According to a HR news item, scenes for the film were shot in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. Having Wonderful Time marked the feature film debut of actor-comedian Red Skelton. Although Ann Miller is credited in reviews in the role of "Vivian," that part was cut from the picture. MPH's "In the Cutting Room" adds Dorothy Moore to the cast, while HR production charts add Margaret McWade. Their appearance in the final film has not been confirmed.Modern sources add to the cast: Betty Jane Rhodes (Singer), George Meeker and Ronnie Rondell (Subway mashers), Elise Cavanna (Office supervisor), Mary Bovard, Frances Gifford, Peggy Montgomery, Baby Marie Osborne , Mary Jane Irving, Wesley Barry, Stanley Brown, Kay Sutton, Dorothy Day, Lynn Bailey, Tommy Watkins, Cynthia Hobard Fellows, Steve Putnam, William Corson, Bob Thatcher, Ben Carter, Russell Gleason, Florence Lake and Vera Gordon. In addition, modern sources credit Mel Berns with make-up and John Miehle with still photography. ...
According to reviews, Arthur Kober changed the setting and the ethnicity of his characters when he adapted his stage play for the screen. In the play, the characters were Jewish and the resort was in the Catskill Mountains. According to a HR news item, scenes for the film were shot in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California. Having Wonderful Time marked the feature film debut of actor-comedian Red Skelton. Although Ann Miller is credited in reviews in the role of "Vivian," that part was cut from the picture. MPH's "In the Cutting Room" adds Dorothy Moore to the cast, while HR production charts add Margaret McWade. Their appearance in the final film has not been confirmed.Modern sources add to the cast: Betty Jane Rhodes (Singer), George Meeker and Ronnie Rondell (Subway mashers), Elise Cavanna (Office supervisor), Mary Bovard, Frances Gifford, Peggy Montgomery, Baby Marie Osborne , Mary Jane Irving, Wesley Barry, Stanley Brown, Kay Sutton, Dorothy Day, Lynn Bailey, Tommy Watkins, Cynthia Hobard Fellows, Steve Putnam, William Corson, Bob Thatcher, Ben Carter, Russell Gleason, Florence Lake and Vera Gordon. In addition, modern sources credit Mel Berns with make-up and John Miehle with still photography.
Teddy Shaw works as a typist for a large, indifferent firm, but imagines herself as a sophisticated, well-read woman of the world. Single and still living at home, Teddy welcomes the chance to vacation at the mountain resort, Camp Kare-Free. Upon arriving at the camp, she meets Chick Kirkland, a handsome camp employee who accidentally drops her luggage and incurs her defensive wrath. After Itchy, the social director, gives a demonstration in the art of dunking doughnuts, Teddy finds herself suddenly defending Chick's honesty to his mess hall employer. Although Chick loses his waiter job, he pursues Teddy and eventually breaks through her snobbish exterior. Deeply in love, Chick talks of marriage but tells Teddy he will marry her only when he has a good job. After Chick suggests that, in the meantime, they indulge in pre-marital sex, Teddy runs from him and into the arms of Maxwell "Buzzy" Pangwell, a notorious womanizer. Buzzy takes a rain-soaked Teddy to his cabin and tries to seduce her, but she proposes that they play backgammon instead. Intent on making Chick jealous, Teddy spends the night at Buzzy's cabin playing backgammon by herself. The next morning, Emil Beatty, Teddy's faithful but dull admirer, arrives to drive her home. Sure of her faithfulness, Chick knocks out both Emil and Buzzy, chases after Teddy, and ...
Teddy Shaw works as a typist for a large, indifferent firm, but imagines herself as a sophisticated, well-read woman of the world. Single and still living at home, Teddy welcomes the chance to vacation at the mountain resort, Camp Kare-Free. Upon arriving at the camp, she meets Chick Kirkland, a handsome camp employee who accidentally drops her luggage and incurs her defensive wrath. After Itchy, the social director, gives a demonstration in the art of dunking doughnuts, Teddy finds herself suddenly defending Chick's honesty to his mess hall employer. Although Chick loses his waiter job, he pursues Teddy and eventually breaks through her snobbish exterior. Deeply in love, Chick talks of marriage but tells Teddy he will marry her only when he has a good job. After Chick suggests that, in the meantime, they indulge in pre-marital sex, Teddy runs from him and into the arms of Maxwell "Buzzy" Pangwell, a notorious womanizer. Buzzy takes a rain-soaked Teddy to his cabin and tries to seduce her, but she proposes that they play backgammon instead. Intent on making Chick jealous, Teddy spends the night at Buzzy's cabin playing backgammon by herself. The next morning, Emil Beatty, Teddy's faithful but dull admirer, arrives to drive her home. Sure of her faithfulness, Chick knocks out both Emil and Buzzy, chases after Teddy, and proposes.
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