Getting Gertie's Garter Movie Review 1945

Light romantic farce that hinges on the fact the befuddled lead doesn't dare mention a lady's undergarment in public. (Yes, life was once like that.) Ken (O'Keefe) has just obtained a swell promotion and is happily married to Patty (Ryan). But in his reckless youth, he gave former flame Gertie (McDonald) a bejeweled garter as a token of his affections. Now, Gertie is about to get married to Ken's friend Ted (Sullivan) and that darn garter is wantd by the District Attorney as evidence in a robbery. Ken needs to quietly retrieve the garter before Patty, Ted, the D.A., and Ken's stuffy board of directors gets wind of the scandalous trinket. Lots of standard farce moments such as hiding in closets and shimmying down drainpipes.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 72 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Adapted from a Play

Screenplay

Allan Dwan, Karen DeWolf

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe, Marie McDonald, Barry Sullivan, Binnie Barnes, Sheila Ryan, J. Carrol Naish, Jerome Cowan

Cinematography

Charles Lawton

Director

Allan Dwan

Other

Walter Hannemann, Truman K. Wood