Never a Dull Moment!

Director: George C. Marshall, George Marshall George C. Marshall

Overview

In this musical, a New York songwriter falls in love with a rancher and moves to Wyoming with him, but finds that adjusting to the lifestyle and to parenting the rancher's daughters is more difficult than she thought.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/20/2015
UPC:	0888574294069
Original Release:	1950
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	42,853

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Irene Dunne	Kay
Fred MacMurray	Chris
William Demarest	Mears
Andy Devine	Orvie
Gigi Perreau	Tina,Little Girl Dude
Natalie Wood	Nan
Philip Ober	Jed
Jack Kirkwood	Papa Dude
Ann Doran	Jean
Margaret Gibson	Pokey
Lela Bliss	Mama Dude
Irving Bacon	Tunk Johnson
Virginia Mullen	Woman
Victoria Horne	Woman
Connie Van	Woman
Edna Holland	Woman
Gene Evans	Hunter
Paul 'Tiny' Newlan	Hunter,Hunter
Anne O'Neal	Julia Craddock
Chester Conklin	Albert
Ralph Peters	Gabe
Jimmy Hawkins	Chalmers
Jack Jackson	Laddie
Alan Dinehart III	Sonny Boy
Carl Sklover	Vendor
Art Dupuis	Vendor
Robert Thom	Vendor
Jacqueline de Wit	Myra Van Elson
George Leigh	Fred Van Elson
Harry Tyler	Klinger
Jo Ann Marlowe	Sister
Helen Dickson	Rodeo Spectator
Mason Alan Dinehart	Sonny Boy
Olin Howland	Hunter
Edward Biby	Rodeo Spectator
Hazel Dohlman	Rodeo Spectator
Art Felix	Rodeo Cowboy
Robert Loraine	Rodeo Spectator
Ned Glass	Actor
Friedrich Hollaender	Composer

Technical Credits

Lou Breslow

Doris Anderson

Harriet Parsons	Producer
George C. Marshall	Director,Director
Lou Breslow	Screenwriter
Clifford Stine	Special Effects
Phil Brigandi	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Clem Portman	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Doris Anderson	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Based on a novel by Kay Swift (who also wrote the three songs in the film version), Never a Dull Moment is a fairly routine "fish out of water" comedy made palatable by its engaging cast and, to a lesser extent, from the assured, if mostly uninspired, direction of George Marshall. In her next-to-last film, Irene Dunne is a pleasure to be around, as always. She brings her patented brand of femininity, sincerity, capability, and independence to the role, and her contributions are among the film's biggest assets. She fits well with Fred MacMurray, although he's a bit too laid-back here -- not dangerously so, but enough to keep some of the gags from landing. Better are Andy Devine and the perennially grumpy William Demarest; Natalie Wood and Gigi Perreau also score as the daughters, especially when playing opposite Dunne. If Marshall's direction is not of the prizewinning variety, he still puts across the physical routines with aplomb and wrangles laughs out of some of the lamer jokes in the script. Swift's tunes are pleasant, but nothing to write home about -- much like the film itself.