Joy of Living Movie Review 1938

Vintage screwball farce finds successful songstress Maggie (Dunne) the sole support of her n'er-do-well family. Maggie's aggressively courted by playboy Dan Brewster (Faribanks Jr.) and finally (after numerous silly complications) they fall in love.

Distribution

Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., 1 CNN Ctr., Box 105366, Atlanta, GA 30303, Phone: (404)827-1700, Toll-free: 800-523-0823, Fax: (404)827-2000, URL: http://www.turner.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screwball Comedy

Screenplay

Graham Baker, Allan Scott, Gene Towne

Cast

Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks, Alice Brady, Guy Kibbee, Jean Dixon, Eric Blore, Lucille Ball, Warren Hymer, Billy Gilbert, Frank Milan

Cinematography

Joseph Walker

Director

Tay Garnett

Music

Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields

Producer

RKO