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Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down building full of colorful tenants.Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down building full of colorful tenants.Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down building full of colorful tenants.
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6.2/10
1.3K
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- Director
- Writers
- I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
- Scott Corbett(novel "The Reluctant Landlord")
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
- Scott Corbett(novel "The Reluctant Landlord")
- Stars
Videos1
Florence Auer
- Mrs. Braddockas Mrs. Braddock
- (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
- Drunkas Drunk
- (uncredited)
Faire Binney
- Mrs. Frazieras Mrs. Frazier
- (uncredited)
Marie Blake
- Mrs. Quiggas Mrs. Quigg
- (uncredited)
Donna Jo Boyce
- Girlas Girl
- (uncredited)
Benny Burt
- Cab Driveras Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Charles Calvert
- Mr. Knowlandas Mr. Knowland
- (uncredited)
Russ Clark
- Policemanas Policeman
- (uncredited)
Leo Cleary
- Detective Donovanas Detective Donovan
- (uncredited)
George Conrad
- Delivery Manas Delivery Man
- (uncredited)
John Costello
- Postmanas Postman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- I.A.L. Diamond(screenplay)
- Scott Corbett(novel "The Reluctant Landlord")
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Storyline
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows. —Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
- Taglines
- It's open house for laughter...and the screen's most heart-warming house-warming in years!
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- Certificate
- Not Rated
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaBecause the bathing suit that Marilyn wears in the film was so risqué (for the time) and caused such a commotion on the set, director Joseph M. Newman had to make it a closed set while she was filming.
- GoofsWhen Jim joins Charles in the jail cell, twice the inmate in the next cell tells them to shut up, complaining their talk is keeping him awake. Charles then raises his voice to orate his life's story in a session that is to take all night, but the man in the next cell is never heard again.
- Quotes
Jim Scott: Oh, now you're arguing just like a woman.
Connie Scott: I never claimed to be anything else.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Marilyn (1963)
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Pleasant but unmemorable I.A.L. Diamond scripted comedy features a young Marilyn Monroe
Written by I.A.L. Diamond, the future writing partner of the great Billy Wilder, the script has hints at some of their future collaborations ("The Apartment," Some Like it Hot," "The Fortune Cookie," etc), but is nowhere as good any of those films. This story is about a GI returning home to find his wife has bought a broken-down NYC brownstone as an investment for them to rent out to tenants. What ends up happening is they find themselves caught up in the lives of their various renters, most notably of which is a GI buddy of the husband, "Bobby" short for Roberta, played by a before-she-was-famous Marilyn Monroe. When she made this film, Monroe has just had her memorable small role in "All About Eve" and studio boss Darrly Zanuck took it upon himself to begin shaping her image with a key supporting part in this film. Monroe is quite good in the picture, but is only of the several tenants the film follows. If the film had more prominently featured Monroe or made more out the perceived love triangle between husband, wife, and Monroe, it may have made for a fun farcical door slamming sesx comedy along the lines of "Kiss Me, Stupid." Instead, it's merely a pleasant, but forgettable comedy that's now only of note as an early work by Monroe and Diamond before they went on to bigger and better films; Monroe with "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "The Seven Year Itch" and Diamond co-writing "Love in the Afternoon" and "Monkey Business" (the Hawks comedy, not the Marx Bros. film) before their paths crossing again nine years later in the undeniable American film classic "Some Like it Hot." Overall, if you watch "Love Nest" don't expect anything the caliber of Monroe or Diamond's later work, but instead simply expect a modestly entertaining comedy.
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- a_chinn
- Jun 4, 2018
Details
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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