Practically Yours

Practically Yours (1944)

THE SCREEN'S Practically Perfect COMEDY!

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.

Date of release
1944-12-20
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Director
Mitchell Leisen

Casting

Interesting facts

Practically Yours is a 1944 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray and Cecil Kellaway. Written by Norman Krasna, it was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Production

The film was based on an original story by Norman Krasna. He had written a film called Bachelor Party that was produced by Buddy DeSylva, who had since become head of production at Paramount. In September 1943, Paramount bought Practically Yours from Krasna. He had written the story in his spare time while on duty for the armed services in Los Angeles.

In December 1943, Paramount announced the stars as Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard with George Marshall as director and Harry Tugend as producer. In January 1944, Goddard left for an army camp tour and her role was taken by Claudette Colbert. Mitchell Leisen replaced Marshall as director. Filming started in January 1944.

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