True to Life (1943)
ONLY REAL LIFE COULD BE SO SCREWY! SO SENSATIONAL! SO GOOD!
1943 · NR · 1h 34m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics.
Director: George Marshall
Writers: Ben Barzman, Sol Barzman, Bess Boyle
Music by: Victor Young
Cinematography: Charles Lang
Editor: LeRoy Stone
Cast
Mary Martin as Bonnie PorterFranchot Tone as Fletcher MarvinDick Powell as Link FerrisVictor Moore as Pop PorterMabel Paige as Mom PorterWilliam Demarest as Uncle JakeClarence Kolb as Mr. HugginsBeverly Hudson as TwipsRaymond Roe as ClemErnest Truex as Oscar ElkinsHarry Shannon as Mr. MasonStanley Andrews as Frank (Bakery Foreman) (uncredited)More like this
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