No Time for Love

1943
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1h 23m

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Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray in No Time for Love (1943)

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.

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6.8/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Claudette Colbert

Katherine Grant

Fred MacMurray

Jim Ryan

Ilka Chase

Hoppy Grant

Richard Haydn

Roger Winant

Paul McGrath

Henry Fulton

June Havoc

Darlene

Marjorie Gateson

Sophie

Murray Alper

Moran
(uncredited)

Faith Brook

Pert Brunette
(uncredited)

Rod Cameron

Taylor
(uncredited)

Kenneth Chryst

Photographer
(uncredited)

Yvonne De Carlo

Showgirl
(uncredited)

Jerome de Nuccio

Leon Brice
(uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

Sidewalk Passerby
(uncredited)

Helen Dickson

Sidewalk Passerby
(uncredited)

George Dolenz

Captain of Waiters
(uncredited)

Jack Gardner

Photographer
(uncredited)

Bill Goodwin

Christley
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Katherine Grant (Claudette Colbert) dreams that Jim Ryan (Fred MacMurray) is a super-hero. In reality, MacMurray's image was used as the inspiration for the original Captain Marvel (aka "Shazam") in 1939.

Goofs
When the strongman catches the barbell and falls down, a mat is clearly visible for him to fall on. The mat disappears in the next shot.

Quotes
Katherine Grant: Oh, you---you coward! Kissing a woman!
Jim Ryan: What am I supposed to kiss?

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "NON C'È TEMPO PER L'AMORE (1943) + CHE BELLA VITA! (Un colpo di fortuna, 1937)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Featured in Romantic Comedy (2019)

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6/10

Musical Chairs - Sandhog Style

No Time For Love finds Claudette Colbert as an acclaimed news photographer who draws an assignment shooting pictures of the sandhogs digging a new river tunnel. When she photographs a beefy Fred MacMurray in a fight with some fellow workers, he draws a suspension and she falls for him.

But he's not part of her world, in fact she's engaged somewhat to Paul McGrath who is the publisher of the magazine she works for. But the two of them can't seem to get enough of each other's company, even with MacMurray putting some moves on burlesque dancer June Havoc.

MacMurray and Colbert were a pretty good screen team with films ranging from the very serious Maid Of Salem to the sophisticated Gilded Lily to the rustic The Egg And I. But No Time For Love just doesn't quite measure up to those other movies. At times the story just seems silly rather than funny.

Highlight of the film is the musical chairs game played sandhog style. Let's say this is a party game these guys both take seriously and party hearty with. There's also a nice scene where Colbert hires body builder Jerome DeNuccio to pose and make MacMurray jealous and he also deals with him sandhog style. Richard Haydn also has a nice part as a friend of Colbert's who thinks she and MacMurray are really suited for each other, try as they might to fight against it.

No Time For Love is a good film, but not up to the comedy standards the leads have both separately and together.