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The Moon's Our Home

The Moon's Our Home

1936Movie⏱️ 1h 20m
ComedyRomance
6.6
IMDB Rating
339 votes

A comedy about marriage and everything relating to it. New York novelist Henry Fonda meets up with an actress, Margaret Sullavan, and the two date and later marry, though neither knows of the other's fame. The real adventure begin...

Director
William A. Seiter
Writers
Faith Baldwin, Alan Campbell, Isabel Dawn
Stars
Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Charles Butterworth
Release Date
April 10, 1936
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
💬 9
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Margaret Sullavan
Margaret Sullavan
as Cherry Chester
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
as Anthony Amberton
Charles Butterworth
Charles Butterworth
as Horace Van Steedan
Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi
as Mrs. Boyce Medford
Henrietta Crosman
Henrietta Crosman
as Lucy Van Steedan
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
as Lem
Dorothy Stickney
Dorothy Stickney
as Hilda
Brandon Hurst
Brandon Hurst
as Babson
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
as Ogden Holbrook
Margaret Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
as Mitty Simpson

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Walter Wanger Productions, Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedydrawing roomwritingbased on novel

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

The moon is a very good home for this film
by AAdaSC2010-09-28
4/10

"Cherry (Margaret Sullavan) is a spoilt brat of an actress who is summoned to New York by her grandmother Lucy (Henrietta Crosman) so that Horace (Charles Butterworth) can propose to her once more. However, Cherry is still not interested in Horace. Cherry meets famous author Anthony (Henry Fonda) by chance and neither recognize each other. They fall in love and arrange to stay at a secluded inn together under assumed names. Love is in the air and they get married but they still both don't know of the other's true identity. Can love prevail when the truth is uncovered.....?......I bet ..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film was made three years after Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullavan divorced. Henry and Margaret met in 1929, married in 1931, separated in 1932, with the divorce finalizing in 1933. After appearing together in The Moon's Our Home, they discovered they still had strong feelings for each other. They even discussed remarriage and went house-hunting in Los Angeles, but never did get together in the end.

📖 Synopsis

A comedy about marriage and everything relating to it. New York novelist Henry Fonda meets up with an actress, Margaret Sullavan, and the two date and later marry, though neither knows of the other's fame. The real adventure begin...