Comedy ·Drama ·Romance ·Family · United States of America · 1938 · 1h 15m

Listen, Darling

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Director
Edwin L. Marin
Cast
Judy Garland as Pinkie Wingate Freddie Bartholomew as Buzz Mitchell Mary Astor as Dottie Wingate Walter Pidgeon as Richard Thurlow Alan Hale as J.J. Slattery Scotty Beckett as Billie Wingate
Crew
Charles Lawton Jr. — Director of Photography Blanche Sewell — Editor William Axt — Original Music Composer Anne Morrison Chapin — Screenplay Elaine Ryan — Screenplay Katharine Brush — Story
Tagline

See it with a song in your heart!

Synopsis

To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.

Trailer Listen, Darling — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
parent child relationshipwidowcampsiteroad tripmarriage of conveniencelovesuitorteenage girllawyersingingsummer vacationdevotion
Key Collaborators
Edwin L. Marin Director Charles Lawton Jr. Director of Photography Blanche Sewell Editor William Axt Original Music Composer Anne Morrison Chapin Screenplay Elaine Ryan Screenplay Katharine Brush Story Jack Cummings Producer
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