Never a Dull Moment (1950 film)

Never a Dull Moment
Directed by George Marshall
Produced by Harriet Parsons
Screenplay by Lou Breslow
and Doris Anderson
Based on the 1943 novel Who Could Ask for Anything More
by Kay Swift
Starring Irene Dunne
Fred MacMurray
Music by Frederick Hollander
Cinematography Joseph Walker, A.S.C.
Edited by Robert Swink
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 21, 1950 (1950-11-21) (Premiere-New York City)[1]
  • November 22, 1950 (1950-11-22) (US)[1]
Running time
 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1.2 million[2]
Box office $1,425,000 (US)[3] or $1.8 million[2]

Never a Dull Moment is a 1950 American comedy film from RKO, starring Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray.[4] The film is based on the 1943 book Who Could Ask For Anything More? by Kay Swift. The filming took place between December 5, 1949, and February 1, 1950 in Thousand Oaks, California.[5][1]

Plot

At a rodeo in New York, visiting cowboy Chris Heyward is charmed to make the acquaintance of Kay Kingsley, a songwriter. They marry and move out west to his ranch.

Wyoming welcomes her, including Chris' former romantic interest Jean Morrow and his two daughters from a previous marriage, Nan and Tina. A rival rancher named Mears holds the water rights to his land and is accidentally humiliated by Kay at a dance.

She tries without complaint to adjust to her new life, but it is hard. A windstorm threatens their home, the children are leery of her and Kay accidentally kills Mears' prize steer.

Offered a job back in New York that could help pay for the water, Kay takes it but alienates Chris. He needs to be persuaded by the kids to return east and win her back.

Cast

Songs by Kay Swift

  • "Once You Find Your Guy" (sung by Dunne in the film's opening minutes)
  • "The Man with the Big Felt Hat"
  • "Sagebrush Lullaby"

Reception

The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther described the film as a "miserably tedious farce" whose "sole achievement as entertainment is the presentation of Irene Dunne in a series of rustic encounters that are about as funny as stepping on a nail."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Never a Dull Moment: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Charles Tranberg, Fred MacMurray: A Biography, Bear Manor Media, 2014
  3. ↑ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951", Variety, January 2, 1952
  4. 1 2 Bosley Crowther (November 22, 1950). "The Screen in Review; 'Never a Dull Moment,' New Film at the Rivoli, Stars Irene Danne, Fred MacMarray". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  5. ↑ Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). Western Filming Locations Book 1. CP Entertainment Books. Page 133. ISBN 9780692561348.
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