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Bedtime Story (1941)

NR · 1941-12-25 · 1h 25m · EN
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A Braodway 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

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Alexander HallDirector

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Fredric MarchFredric MarchLuke DrakeLoretta YoungLoretta YoungJane DrakeRobert BenchleyRobert BenchleyEddie TurnerAllyn JoslynAllyn JoslynWilliam DudleyEve ArdenEve ArdenVirginia ColeHelen WestleyHelen WestleyEmma HarperJoyce ComptonJoyce ComptonBeulahTim RyanTim RyanMacOlaf HyttenOlaf HyttenAlfredDorothy AdamsDorothy AdamsBetsyClarence KolbClarence KolbCollinsAndrew TombesAndrew TombesPierce

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PlaywrightDivorcePlumberWaiter

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Genre affinityComedy · RomanceTheme affinityPlaywright · Divorce · PlumberMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityComedyPacingShortEmotional intensityRomance

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What is Bedtime Story about?

A Braodway 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 long is Bedtime Story?

Bedtime Story has a runtime of 85 minutes.