Something for the Birds

Something for the Birds (1952)

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A conservationist fights to save the habitat of the California condor and to do it she works her way into the affections of a representative of the oil company that wants the land for their own purposes.

Date of release
1952-09-30
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Robert Wise

Casting

Interesting facts

Something for the Birds is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Robert Wise and starring Victor Mature, Patricia Neal and Edmund Gwenn.

Production

The film was based on an original story by Joseph Petracca and Alvin Josephy about the romance between an environmentalist and a lobbyist. It was purchased by 20th Century Fox in October 1950 and assigned to producer Sam Engel. Boris Ingster wrote the script. The original stars were Anne Baxter (environmentalist), Paul Douglas (lobbyist) and Victor Moore (admiral).

The film took some months to go into production. By April 1952, Baxter had dropped out and Jeanne Crain was to star. But Crain had just given birth and could not get medical clearance to make the movie so Patricia Neal was cast instead. The male romantic lead was given to Victor Mature, who was meant to be in The Farmer Takes a Wife for Fox but was reassigned. At this stage the title had been changed to Old Sailors Never Die.

I.A.L. Diamond was bought in to rewrite the script.

Filming started May 1952. The cast included Christian Rub, making his first film in five years.

"It's a nice script", said Neal. "I've appeared in comedies before but this is my first real comedy role."

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