房东小姐 / The More the Merrier (1943)
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制片国家/地区：
美国又名：
二房东小姐
剧情简介：
1943美国喜剧爱情片《房东小姐》由乔治·史蒂文斯导演，琪恩·亚瑟主演，影片讲述的是：
To fully appreciate The More the Merrier it is important to know that during WW2 there was an acute housing shortage in Washington DC This is why elderly Benjamin Dingle Charles Coburn is obliged to share a tiny DC apartment with pretty Connie Milligan Jean Arthur and handsome Joe Carter Joel McCrea After nearly two reels of misunderstandings the trio becomes accustomed to their curious living arrangement Joe takes a platonic liking to Connie but shes engaged to stuffy bureaucrat Charles J Pendergast Richard Gaines Sizing up the situation foxy Benjamin contrives to bring Connie and Joe together in spite of themselves Things get dicey when Joe endeavors to complete a topsecret mission for the Air Force which leads to all sorts of comic complications and misguided remonstrations Throughout the film director George Stevens and the fourman screenwriting staff deliberately tweak the noses of the Hays Office getting by with any number of censorable offenses by deftly and tastefully sidestepping the obvious Especially potent is the scene in which Joe tries to seduce Connie by talking about everything except seduction its also fun to watch Dingle robustly repeat the word Damn over and over getting away with this breach of censorship because hes quoting Admiral Damn the Torpedoes Farragut An Academy Award went to Charles Coburn while nominations were bestowed upon Jean Arthur Joel McCrea George Stevens the screenwriters and the film itself The More the Merrier was remade in 1966 as Walk Dont Run with Cary Grant Jim Hutton and Samantha Eggar
To fully appreciate The More the Merrier it is important to know that during WW2 there was an acute housing shortage in Washington DC This is why elderly Benjamin Dingle Charles Coburn is obliged to share a tiny DC apartment with pretty Connie Milligan Jean Arthur and handsome Joe Carter Joel McCrea After nearly two reels of misunderstandings the trio becomes accustomed to their curious living arrangement Joe takes a platonic liking to Connie but shes engaged to stuffy bureaucrat Charles J Pendergast Richard Gaines Sizing up the situation foxy Benjamin contrives to bring Connie and Joe together in spite of themselves Things get dicey when Joe endeavors to complete a topsecret mission for the Air Force which leads to all sorts of comic complications and misguided remonstrations Throughout the film director George Stevens and the fourman screenwriting staff deliberately tweak the noses of the Hays Office getting by with any number of censorable offenses by deftly and tastefully sidestepping the obvious Especially potent is the scene in which Joe tries to seduce Connie by talking about everything except seduction its also fun to watch Dingle robustly repeat the word Damn over and over getting away with this breach of censorship because hes quoting Admiral Damn the Torpedoes Farragut An Academy Award went to Charles Coburn while nominations were bestowed upon Jean Arthur Joel McCrea George Stevens the screenwriters and the film itself The More the Merrier was remade in 1966 as Walk Dont Run with Cary Grant Jim Hutton and Samantha Eggar
