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Bedtime Story

Play trailer Poster for Bedtime Story 1941,  1h 25m,  Romance/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 33% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 56% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Acclaimed playwright Lucius Drake (Fredric March) has plans for a new opus, but his wife, actress Jane Drake (Loretta Young), would rather retire to the idyllic countryside than star in another play. Alas, their union dissolves in divorce, and Jane marries banker William Dudley (Allyn Joslyn), who is more amenable to her plans. On their honeymoon, however, Jane discovers that her divorce from Lucius was invalid, and Lucius does all he can to prevent her from consummating her marriage to Dudley.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times Mar 16, 2020
Mark this one down as good, crisp fun. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety May 9, 2005
Bedtime Story will divert the less discriminating, although there are times when even such major league performers as Marlon Brando and David Niven have to strain to sustain the overall meager romantic comedy material. Go to Full Review
Joan Didion Vogue Mar 16, 2020
A kind of prolonged sick joke. Go to Full Review
Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Aug 13, 2019
Had Bedtime Story been done in the slambang artificial style of the old screwball comedies, in which a heel is never resouled in the last act but maintains his heelishness proudly to the end, the nastiness might have been disinfected. Go to Full Review
TV Guide Staff TV Guide Mar 26, 2009
1.5/5
A disappointing attempt at comedy, considering the names of the creators and the adroitness of the stars. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 22, 2005
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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Alexander Hall

Director

Fredric March

Luke Drake

Loretta Young

Jane Drake

Robert Benchley

Eddie Turner

Allyn Joslyn

William Dudley

Eve Arden

Virginia Cole

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Bedtime Story

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Movie Info

Synopsis Acclaimed playwright Lucius Drake (Fredric March) has plans for a new opus, but his wife, actress Jane Drake (Loretta Young), would rather retire to the idyllic countryside than star in another play. Alas, their union dissolves in divorce, and Jane marries banker William Dudley (Allyn Joslyn), who is more amenable to her plans. On their honeymoon, however, Jane discovers that her divorce from Lucius was invalid, and Lucius does all he can to prevent her from consummating her marriage to Dudley.
Director
Alexander Hall
Producer
B.P. Schulberg
Screenwriter
Richard Flournoy
Production Co
B.P. Schulberg Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m
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