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Darling, How Could You!

Darling, How Could You!

1951Movie⏱️ 1h 36mNot Rated
ComedyRomance
6.2
IMDB Rating
310 votes

When an imaginative girl has fantasies that her mother is having an affair, her visions almost ruin her parents domestic life. Based on the play "Alice Sit By The Fire" by James M. Barrie.

Director
Mitchell Leisen
Writers
Dodie Smith, Lesser Samuels, J.M. Barrie
Stars
Joan Fontaine, John Lund, Mona Freeman
Release Date
August 8, 1951
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine
as Alice Grey
John Lund
John Lund
as Dr. Robert Grey
Mona Freeman
Mona Freeman
as Amy
Peter Hansen
Peter Hansen
as Dr. Steve Clark
David Stollery
David Stollery
as Cosmo
Virginia Farmer
Virginia Farmer
as Fanny
Angela Clarke
Angela Clarke
as Nurse
Lowell Gilmore
Lowell Gilmore
as Aubrey Quayne
Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat
as Mr. Rossiter
Gertrude Michael
Gertrude Michael
as Mrs. Rossiter

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

based on playmotherparentsgirl

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Girl with an active imagination
by bkoganbing2017-05-25
5/10

"Darling, How Could You is based on a James M. Barrie play Alice Sit By The Fire which when it came to Broadway in 1905 boasted in its cast Ethel Barrymore in the Joan Fontaine role and her brother John Barrymore in the part Peter Hansen played. I'm willing to bet that as Barrie wrote it originally the parents were in some British setting instead of Americans building the Panama Canal. John Lund and Joan Fontaine are in 1905 America where they are a doctor working the hospital and his wife with three kids who are all back in the states including an infant who was born in the Canal Zone, ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Referring to a play presented within the film, Amy says "I'll always be grateful for what that play taught me. I couldn't have learned half so much from Peter Pan." The actual play that formed the basis for this film, "Alice Sit-By-The-Fire," and "Peter Pan" were both written by J. M. Barrie.

📖 Synopsis

When an imaginative girl has fantasies that her mother is having an affair, her visions almost ruin her parents domestic life. Based on the play "Alice Sit By The Fire" by James M. Barrie.