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Bedtime Story

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1941 | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved The Philadelphia Story or Barefoot in the Park, start here.
The mood
Light and funny, romantic.
The pace
Breezy, at 1 hr 25 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1941: an older pace and style.

A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 4K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Alexander Hall

  • Fredric MarchLuke Drake
  • Loretta YoungJane Drake
  • Robert BenchleyEddie Turner
  • Allyn JoslynWilliam Dudley
  • Eve ArdenVirginia Cole
  • Helen WestleyEmma Harper
  • Joyce ComptonBeulah
  • Tim RyanMac
  • Olaf HyttenAlfred
  • Dorothy AdamsBetsy