With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street...With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street...With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street...
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Michèle Morgan
- Millie Pico
- (as Michele Morgan)
Robert Andersen
- Announcer at Butler's Ball
- (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Restaurant Customer
- (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
- Debutante
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRKO purchased the rights to the play for $15,000 ($254,000 in 2022), specifically to star Frank Sinatra, and the four songs he sings by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson were written to accommodate his singing style. He was billed third because the contracts with Michèle Morgan and Jack Haley prevented higher billing.
- GoofsDuring the song "when it comes to love you're on your own" (c.62 minutes) the doorways have no panes of glass in them on the lower rows, as the house staff join in the song.
- Quotes
Mr. Green: Lovely thing you're playing, Victor. What is it?
Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor: It's a piano.
- SoundtracksIt's a Most Important Affair
(1943) (uncredited)
Written by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics Harold Adamson
Sung by Mel Tormé, Marcy McGuire, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman,
Martha Mears, Dooley Wilson, and Ivy Scott
Featured review
This may not be the greatest movie ever made but......
This may not be one of the best movies ever made but overall it's a very enjoyable, light-hearted piece of froth in which everyone involved seems to be having a good time. Highly recommended for it's feel-good factor alone. OK, so Frank Sinatra's "acting" leaves a lot to be desired but his singing is a great redeeming feature and the songs fit in perfectly with the romantic atmosphere of the film. Sinatra went on to make many more films where his undoubted acting ability shone through but in this, his first venture into Hollywood, his voice, not his acting, is his main contribution to this movie. I've just watched it again on TV and it still lifts my mood as much as it did the first time I saw it many many years ago.
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- phvivian
- Aug 4, 2004
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Box office
- Budget
- $600,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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