Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins and Thelma Ritter come together in The Mating Season, the delightful 1951 Paramount romantic comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen. Filled with mistaken identities, family complications and social misunderstandings, this Golden Age favorite features an Academy Award-nominated performance by Thelma Ritter.

The Mating Season (1951) Gene Tierney Thelma Ritter Classic Comedy DVD

FEATURES

• ✔ Classic 1951 Romantic Comedy


• ✔ Starring Gene Tierney


• ✔ Starring John Lund


• ✔ Featuring Thelma Ritter


• ✔ Featuring Miriam Hopkins


• ✔ Featuring Jan Sterling


• ✔ Featuring Ellen Corby


• ✔ Directed by Mitchell Leisen


• ✔ Produced by Charles Brackett


• ✔ Mistaken Identity & Family Comedy


• ✔ Thelma Ritter Oscar-Nominated Performance


• ✔ Paramount Pictures Classic


• ✔ With Cover Art

STORY SUMMARY

Thelma Ritter stars as Ellen McNulty, a hardworking mother whose modest hamburger business has fallen on difficult times. Looking for a fresh start, Ellen decides to visit her son Val, played by John Lund.

Val has recently married the sophisticated Maggie Carleton, played by Gene Tierney. Maggie has never met her new mother-in-law, and when Ellen arrives at the couple's home, an innocent misunderstanding causes Maggie to believe that Ellen is the household cook.

Rather than embarrass her son or disrupt his new marriage, Ellen decides to play along with the mistake. The harmless deception soon becomes increasingly complicated when Maggie's socially ambitious mother, Fran, arrives.

With two very different mothers under one roof, social differences, hidden identities and family loyalties create a series of comic complications.

Warmhearted and witty, The Mating Season combines romance and family comedy with memorable performances from Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins and especially Thelma Ritter.

GENRE

Genre: Movie

Subgenre: Comedy / Romance / Screwball Comedy / Family / Classic Hollywood

ACTORS

Gene Tierney

John Lund

Miriam Hopkins

Thelma Ritter

Jan Sterling

Larry Keating

James Lorimer

Gladys Hurlbut

Cora Witherspoon

Malcolm Keen

Ellen Corby

Billie Bird

DIRECTOR

Mitchell Leisen

FILM INFORMATION

Title: The Mating Season

Year: 1951

Director: Mitchell Leisen

Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch & Richard Breen

Based On: The play Maggie by Caesar Dunn

Producer: Charles Brackett

Stars: Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins & Thelma Ritter

Music: Joseph J. Lilley

Cinematography: Charles B. Lang Jr.

Editor: Frank Bracht

Production Company: Paramount Pictures

Runtime: Approximately 101 Minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

DVD SPECS

Media: DVD-R

Video: NTSC

Region: Region 0

Language: English

Presentation: Black & White

Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Audio: English Mono

Runtime: Approximately 101 Minutes

Artwork: With Cover Art

Compatibility: Please confirm your DVD player supports NTSC DVD-R.

DID YOU KNOW?

• ✔ The Mating Season was released in 1951.


• ✔ Gene Tierney plays Maggie Carleton McNulty.


• ✔ John Lund plays her husband, Val McNulty.


• ✔ Thelma Ritter plays Val's mother, Ellen McNulty.


• ✔ Miriam Hopkins plays Maggie's mother, Fran Carleton.


• ✔ Mitchell Leisen directed the film.


• ✔ Charles Brackett produced and co-wrote the screenplay.


• ✔ The working title was A Relative Stranger.


• ✔ Paramount borrowed Gene Tierney from Twentieth Century-Fox for the production.


• ✔ Thelma Ritter received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.


• ✔ Thelma Ritter was only nine years older than John Lund despite playing his mother.

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