Make Your Own Bed

1944
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1h 22min

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Jack Carson, Irene Manning, and Jane Wyman in Make Your Own Bed (1944)

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaWalter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. The only way that W... Leer todoWalter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. The only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neigh... Leer todoWalter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. The only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for... Leer todo

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Jack Carson

Jerry Curtis

Jane Wyman

Susan Courtney

Irene Manning

Vivian Whirtle

Alan Hale

Walter Whirtle

George Tobias

Boris Fenilise

Robert Shayne

Mike Knight

Tala Birell

Marie Gruber

Ricardo Cortez

Fritz Alden

Marjorie Hoshelle

Elsa Wehmer

Kurt Katch

Herr von Ritter

Walter Bacon

Pedestrian
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Leah Baird

John's Wife
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Marie Blake

Woman Jerry Mistakes for Susan
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Harry C. Bradley

Mr. Brookin
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Gertrude Carr

Woman in Waiting Room
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William B. Davidson

Mr. Linklater
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Edgar Dearing

Sergeant
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Ernest Hilliard

Man in Waiting Room
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5LIND77777-1

Zany screwball comedy

Exhibit A that the screwball comedy was still alive in 1944. Maybe not exactly well, but energetically kicking. Jack Carter's dynamism and Jane Wyman's comic versatility keep one involved in this fast-paced romp, even though the plot is nearly incoherent.

The framing device is a wealthy December-May couple, delightfully played by Alan Hale & Irene Manning, desperate to obtain household help for their country estate. Throw in Jack Carter as an incompetent & feckless would-be detective, stringing along his quizzical fiancée Jane Wyman.

Carter & Wyman's bumbling as butler and cook are hilarious, underscored by Manning as their ditzy boss.

A comical, but not exactly comical development involving Nazi spies--or are they?--gets hopelessly garbled. A strange plot device in 1944. Yet the charm of the principal actors makes for an entertaining time.

6SnoopyStyle

nice coupling

Entitled rich businessman Walter Whirtle (Alan Hale) and his wife Vivian (Irene Manning) can't keep any workers at his estate. He gets arrested arguing a parking ticket. He meets private investigator Jerry Curtis (Jack Carson) in jail. Curtis had tried to arrest the district attorney and is marrying his secretary Susan Courtney (Jane Wyman). Whirtle has a crazy case for him and his 'wife'.

This is marginally funny. It tries to be wacky. The story is non-sensical. I don't know much about Jack Carson. He has an easiness about him and a nice report with Wyman. I like their chemistry together. The story is somewhat stupid and fulfills a wartime need. The slapstick is clunky at times. I do like the duo and their incompetent work. The rest is a muddle.

dawh1

Too outdated for 21st century audience

This is one of those movies from the first half of the 20th century that is based on a concept that a 21st century viewer can't relate to without some sort of explanation. Much of the conflict revolves around the idea of: "Oh, dear, they think we're married and they expect us to sleep in the same room, but we're not married and therefore we can't possibly sleep in the same room. Whatever will we do?" It wasn't even the idea of having sex outside of marriage that was so horrifying. It was just being in the same room. Maybe an audience in 1944 would have understood that, but in 2005 the reaction is "Who the hell cares if they're married? You don't plan to have sex, don't have sex. Keep your clothes on if you want to. But shut up already about whether you're married or not." It's just too stupid for anybody to care about.

9hmpulham

Enjoyable little B-comedy

Good comedians like Jack Carson, Jane Wyman and Alan Hale make this little film funny for those who don't demand high art. Would-be detective Carson, and girlfriend, Wyman take on jobs as domestics to a wealthy businessman (Hale). The fact that it's World War II, and servants are supposedly hard to get, is the meat of the story line. Wyman can't begin to cook a decent meal,

and Carson is worthless as a man servant. Despite this, the desperate Hale won't fire them -- lousy help is better than no help. Eventually, bumbling detective Carson, finds out that Nazi spies are house guests, and despite almost getting Hale and Wyman killed, captures them. This film is funny, and that's enough for me.

5bkoganbing

You can't keep good servants these days

In those WW2 days of 1944 Alan Hale and Irene Manning are having trouble keeping their help. Jack Carson.is a detective who can't detect., but he needs a job. He and girl friend Jane Wyman go to work for Hale as butler and cook to find the nasty Nazi spies who are threatening Hale's munitions plant.

Carson and Wyman are as bad as domestics as Carson is a detective. Somehow through divine intervention he does detect Nazis. With an accent like Kurt Katch has it would be hard not to.

Carwon and Wyman are funny, but sadly Make Your Own Bed is one very dated WW2 era comedy.

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At the beginning of the film, Walter Whirtle's car has a "C" gas rationing sticker on the windshield. It was red in color and was the largest such gas rationing sticker as underneath the letter is a check-box list of 17 different professions entitled to use it - such as physicians, ministers, construction workers, and even embalmers.

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A deep undercover FBI agent wouldn't be carrying his ID around with him while he's on the case with his suspects.

Citas
Susan Courtney: And you're gonna solve this crime wave in two weeks?
Jerry Curtis: Are you kiddin'? Two days is all I'll need. Who do you think you're talkin' to, a dumb flatfoot?
Susan Courtney: Frankly, yes.