True to Life (1943)
ONLY REAL LIFE COULD BE SO SCREWY! SO SENSATIONAL! SO GOOD!
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
- Date of release
- 1943-12-24
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- George Marshall
Casting
- Mary Martin — Bonnie Porter
- Franchot Tone — Fletcher Marvin
- Dick Powell — Link Ferris
- Victor Moore — Pop Porter
- Mabel Paige — Mom Porter
- William Demarest — Uncle Jake
- Clarence Kolb — Mr. Huggins
- Beverly Hudson — Twips
- Raymond Roe — Clem
- Ernest Truex — Oscar Elkins
- Harry Shannon — Mr. Mason
- Stanley Andrews — Frank (Bakery Foreman) (uncredited)
Interesting facts
True to Life is a 1943 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Mary Martin, Franchot Tone and Dick Powell. The film features three songs by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Amy Schumer: Mostly Sex Stuff 2012 · ★ 5.9
- Fun with Dick and Jane 1977 · ★ 6.6
- Much Ado About Nothing 2013 · ★ 6.8
- Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy 2007 · ★ 7.6
- The Mouse That Roared 1959 · ★ 6.4
- Good Neighbor Sam 1964 · ★ 6.6
- Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain 2011 · ★ 7.1
- Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation 2017 · ★ 7.5
- Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It 2014 · ★ 6.4
- Babes in Arms 1939 · ★ 6.4
- The Ladies Man 1961 · ★ 6.3
- Love Happy 1949 · ★ 5.8