Tom, Dick and Harry

1941
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1h 27m

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Ginger Rogers in Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

Working girl Janie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.Working girl Janie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.Working girl Janie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.

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6.4/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Ginger Rogers

Janie

George Murphy

Alan Marshal

Dick

Burgess Meredith

Harry

Joe Cunningham

Jane Seymour

Lenore Lonergan

Babs

Vickie Lester

Paula
(as Vicki Lester)

Phil Silvers

Ice Cream Man

Betty Breckenridge

Gertrude

Edward Colebrook

Stalled Car Driver
(scenes deleted)

Dorothy Lloyd

Gypsy Oracle
(scenes deleted)

Gertrude Short

Bridge Matron
(scenes deleted)

William Alland

Newsreel Announcer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Michael Audley

Usher
(uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Judge in Dream
(uncredited)

Maurice Brierre

French Waiter
(uncredited)

Jack Briggs

Boy in Dream
(uncredited)

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Trivia
During the shooting of this film, Ginger Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her previous film, "Kitty Foyle." The day after, all of the male cast and crew met her on the set in top hats and tails.

Goofs
The titles schedule Phil Silvers as "Ice Cream Man" rather than as a character with a name, but, on one occasion, one of them greet him as "Phil" which is, of course, his real name outside the movie.

Quotes
Phil - Ice Cream Vendor: You don't have to yell at me because I'm a little obnoxious

Crazy credits
In the opening titles, it shows some of the names spelled incorrectly, then the letters tumble to the bottom of the screen, scramble themselves and return to their original position, with the correct spellings. This is how they appear: SNIRGOR GREEG = GINGER ROGERS GREGORE YUMPH = GEORGE MURPHY HASALMAR NALL = ALAN MARSHAL ESSRUDE MITHGREB = BURGESS MEREDITH SERT BORISK = ROBERT SISK RILA COJURPA = PAUL JARRICO OSKAR INGNAN = GARSON KANIN

Connections
Featured in Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story: A Woman's Lot (1987)

Soundtracks
Tom Collins
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Gene Rose and Roy Webb
Played as background music

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6/10

Baby-voiced Ginger plays role of a nitwit who chooses the right guy to marry...

TOM DICK AND HARRY gives Ginger Rogers another chance to play an infantile woman (remember THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR, MONKEY BUSINESS and IT HAD TO BE YOU). It's a screwball comedy so it works (to a degree) but she sort of overdoes the job of making this girl a complete dumb-dumb. So, in the end, she makes the right choice when she must choose between three suitors.

She has to decide whether to marry a poor, down-on-his-luck bohemian (BURGESS MEREDITH), a wealthy playboy millionaire (ALAN MARSHAL), or a conservative square (GEORGE MURPHY). Considering that she has no brains whatsoever, she chooses--well, you have to see the movie to find out.

The cute ending provides an original twist to a decidedly unoriginal story which gets a boost from its personable cast. Rogers is delightful enough when she isn't being a bit irritating with her baby-voiced coyness, and the men are splendid as her bewildered suitors. Alan Marshal is much livelier than usual in his playboy role--so much so that you have to wonder why Hollywood didn't find better roles for him as a romantic lead.

Ginger's fans will love this one--but I couldn't help thinking she played it a little too dumb at times.

Summing up: A screwball comedy that could have used a brighter script but the dream sequences are well done, thanks to director Garson Canin's way with wacky comedy.