The Doughgirls

1944
Approved
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Eve Arden, Jack Carson, Irene Manning, Charles Ruggles, Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, and Jane Wyman in The Doughgirls (1944)

Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.

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While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

785

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Alexis Smith who plays Nan Dillon, and Craig Stevens who plays her husband Lieutenant Tom Dillon, were married in real life.

Goofs
When Arthur throws Vivian down on the floor at the end of the film, the part of the floor she lands on can be seen to give way and spring back. It was constructed so Jane Wyman wouldn't get hurt.

Quotes
Vivian Marsden Halstead: [At door to hotel] Darling, are you gonna carry me over the threshold?
Arthur Halstead: [Arms full of luggage] I can't, baby. I've got all these other bags. C'mon.

Connections
Referenced in American Masters: Tyrus (2017)

Soundtracks
Jeepers Creepers
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Performed by Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith and Jane Wyman

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6/10

Familiar plot is entertaining because of its terrific cast

Directed by James V. Kern from the Joseph A. Fields play, adapted by Kern and Sam Hellman with additional material from Wilkie Mahoney, this wartime comedy features a terrific cast in yet another story about how the crowded living conditions in our nation's capital during World War II made strange bedfellows and played havoc with relationships.

It all starts when Jack Carson and Jane Wyman get married and try to begin their honeymoon in a Washington, D.C. hotel whose lobby is overrun with people needing a room. Despite their reservation, they discover that their room's bathtub is already occupied by Ann Sheridan's character, who happens to be ditzy Wyman's old chorus line pal. Naturally she's allowed to stay as is their other gal-pal Alexis Smith, who's married to a lieutenant (actress Smith's soon to be husband Craig Stevens).

Things really heat up when Sheridan's husband's (John Ridgely) ex- wife (Irene Manning) shows up, and a gun-toting female Russian army sergeant (Eve Arden) and Carson's lecherous boss (Charles Ruggles) join the mix, further delaying-frustrating Wyman-Carson's consummation.

Alan Mowbray appears as a radio correspondent. Donald MacBride, a judge and Regis Toomey, an FBI man also appear.