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Never a Dull Moment
Never a Dull Moment
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Marshall
Screenplay by	Lou Breslow; Doris Anderson
Based on	Who Could Ask for Anything More; by Kay Swift
Produced by	Harriet Parsons
Starring	Irene Dunne; Fred MacMurray
Cinematography	Joseph Walker, A.S.C.
Edited by	Robert Swink
Music by	Frederick Hollander
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	November 21, 1950 (New York City); November 22, 1950 (United States);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.2 million[page needed]
Box office	$1.4 million (US) or $1.8 million[page needed]

Never a Dull Moment is a 1950 American comedy western film from RKO Pictures, 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] It has no relation to the 1968 Disney film of the same name starring Dick Van Dyke and Edward G. Robinson.

Plot edit

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 in Wyoming. Here, she meets Chris' two daughters from a previous marriage, Nan and Tina, and his old romantic interest, Jean Morrow.

Kay tries to adjust to her new life in Wyoming, but it is hard: a windstorm threatens their home, and the children are leery of her. A rival rancher named Mears holds the water rights to his land; Kay accidentally humiliates him at a dance and kills his prize steer.

Kay is eventually offered a job back in New York that could help pay for the water rights. She takes it, but Chris is alienated; he needs to be persuaded by the kids to return east and win her back.

Cast edit

Irene Dunne as Kay
Fred MacMurray as Chris
William Demarest as Mears
Andy Devine as Orvie
Gigi Perreau as Tina
Natalie Wood as Nan
Philip Ober as Jed
Jack Kirkwood as Papa Dude
Ann Doran as Jean

Uncredited (in order of appearance)

Jacqueline deWit as Myra Van Elson, Kay's sarcastic friend
Lela Bliss as Mama Dude
Irving Bacon as Tunk Johnson
Gene Evans as Hunter
Olin Howland as Hunter
Paul Newlan as Hunter
Chester Conklin as Albert
Jimmy Hawkins as Chalmers
Mason Alan Dinehart as Sonny Boy
Dan White as Shivaree participant
Victoria Horne as Shivaree participant

Songs by Kay Swift edit

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

Reception edit

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 edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Never a Dull Moment: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Charles Tranberg, Fred MacMurray: A Biography, Bear Manor Media, 2014
^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951", Variety, January 2, 1952
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). Western Filming Locations Book 1. CP Entertainment Books. Page 133. ISBN 9780692561348.