{"id":25979,"date":"2012-05-21T10:38:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T17:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25979"},"modified":"2021-02-04T00:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T07:52:19","slug":"tom-dick-and-harry-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25979","title":{"rendered":"Tom, Dick, and Harry (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Every day you read about girls marrying rich fellas &#8212; every day!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Poster-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Poster-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Poster-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Poster.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA telephone operator (Ginger Rogers) whose ambitious car-salesman boyfriend (George Murphy) has just proposed to her meets a happy-go-lucky car mechanic (Burgess Meredith) who becomes equally smitten with her &#8212; but she remains hopeful that she&#8217;ll finally meet and marry the real man of her dreams, a noted millionaire (Alan Marshall).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burgess Meredith Films<\/li>\n<li>Ginger Rogers Films<\/li>\n<li>Gold Diggers<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/artist\/garson-kanin-p96707\">Garson Kanin<\/a> is best known as a highly regarded screenwriter, but he also directed a few feature films, including this creatively conceived romantic comedy about a socially ambitious telephone operator trying to decide between three radically different suitors. Unfortunately, Rogers is at her most annoying here, inappropriately affecting a girlish tone of voice &#8212; much like the one she would use the following year to better purpose in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20410\"><em>The Major and the Minor<\/em> (1942)<\/a> &#8212; and blithely shifting romantic allegiances with little concern for anyone other than herself. Setting that enormous caveat aside, however, the rest of the film remains a witty delight, thanks to a consistently sharp screenplay (by Paul Jarrico, based on his own story), and the incorporation of several eye-popping fantasy sequences, which are unlike anything you&#8217;ll see in similar films of the period. Meanwhile, Burgess Meredith gives one of his best, most appealing performances as a proto-hippie living a life of penniless contentment; it&#8217;s easy to see how he manages to become a viable contender in Rogers&#8217; quest for marital satisfaction (though what he sees in <em>her<\/em> is an entirely different question). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The incredibly creative fantasy sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy1.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy3.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Fantasy3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Burgess Meredith as Harry<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Meredith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Meredith.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Meredith.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Meredith-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tom-Dick-and-Harry-Meredith-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s strongly recommended simply to check out the fantasy sequences. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034299\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/07\/18\/archives\/tom-dick-and-harry-a-delightful-fantasy-about-three-princes-and-a.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5736&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/1510\/tom-dick-and-harry\/#articles-reviews?articleId=290016\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmovie.com\/movie\/tom-dick-and-harry-v50322\">All Movie Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/tom-dick-and-harry\/Film?oid=1066256\">Chicago Reader Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every day you read about girls marrying rich fellas &#8212; every day!&#8221; Synopsis: A telephone operator (Ginger Rogers) whose ambitious car-salesman boyfriend (George Murphy) has just proposed to her meets a happy-go-lucky car mechanic (Burgess Meredith) who becomes equally smitten with her &#8212; but she remains hopeful that she&#8217;ll finally meet and marry the real man of her dreams, a noted millionaire (Alan Marshall). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Burgess Meredith Films Ginger Rogers Films Gold Diggers Love Triangle Romantic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25979\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25979"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68535,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979\/revisions\/68535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}