That Way with Women | |
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Directed by | Frederick de Cordova |
Screenplay by | Leo Townsend Francis Swann |
Based on | Idle Hands 1921 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Earl Derr Biggers |
Produced by | Charles Hoffman |
Starring | Dane Clark Martha Vickers Sydney Greenstreet |
Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
Edited by | Folmar Blangsted |
Music by | Friedrich Hollaender |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
That Way with Women is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Frederick de Cordova, written by Leo Townsend and Francis Swann, starring Dane Clark, Martha Vickers, and Sydney Greenstreet, and featuring Alan Hale, Sr., and Craig Stevens. It was released by Warner Bros. on March 29, 1947. [1] [2]
The screenplay was adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story "Idle Hands", which was previously the basis for the films The Ruling Passion (1922) and The Millionaire (1931), both of which starred George Arliss in the role assumed by Greenstreet. [3]
James P. Alden, an automobile tycoon who's being pushed to retire, assumes the identity of family gardener Herman Brinker and, hoping to prove he's still vital, buys a corner gas station with Greg Wilson, who doesn't know his true identity. This complicates matter when he falls for Alden's daughter Marcia. Along the way, the two men also grapple with shakedown artists and numerous false arrests due to mistaken identity.
The film utilizes the tune Take Me Out to the Ball Game in its score.