Directed by:
Sam WoodScreenplay:
Norman KrasnaCinematography:
Harry Stradling Sr.Cast:
Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington, S.Z. Sakall, William Demarest, Walter Kingsford, Montagu Love, Richard Carle (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Charles Coburn plays J.P. Merrick, the Bill Gates of his day. When Merrick discovers an effigy of himself hanging outside a department store he didn't even know he owned, he curiously ventures inside and becomes a clerk in order to investigate further. Naturally, the view from street level brings a new perspective and romance.
Jean Arthur plays Mary Jones, a shoe saleswoman who becomes Coburn's coworker and liaison to the world of the common man. The double-date sequence at Coney Island immortalizes the infamous beach in its masses of flesh and general bedlam.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Jean Arthur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267929_231d52.jpg)
Jean Arthur
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
![Robert Cummings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271486_f5cfc5.jpg)
Robert Cummings
USA
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Kings Row (1942)
![Charles Coburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/349/164349830_e89eb8.png)
Charles Coburn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Kings Row (1942)
![Edmund Gwenn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360000_f2e645.png)
Edmund Gwenn
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
![Spring Byington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505193_bf0e6d.jpg)
Spring Byington
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
![S.Z. Sakall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/031/567/31567826_dbd84c.jpg)
S.Z. Sakall
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
![William Demarest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496828_42ab7f.jpg)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Walter Kingsford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/897/159897823_2545f6.jpg)
Walter Kingsford
UK
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
If I Were King (1938)
Carefree (1938)
![Montagu Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312436_7c582f.jpg)
Montagu Love
UK
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
![Richard Carle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/455/160455943_e24f24.jpg)
Richard Carle
USA
Best movies:
Ninotchka (1939)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
![Edwin Maxwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/995/160995623_fe923a.jpg)
Edwin Maxwell
Ireland
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
![Florence Bates](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465159_be6edf.jpg)
Florence Bates
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
The Tall Target (1951)
![Charles Irwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004149_d11696.jpg)
Charles Irwin
Ireland
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
![Irving Cummings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505195_edba59.jpg)
Irving Cummings
USA
Best movies:
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The Saphead (1920)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Minta Durfee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910849_a20424.jpg)
Minta Durfee
USA
Best movies:
An Affair to Remember (1957)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
![Pat Flaherty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000248_6efdc2.jpg)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)