George Washington Slept Here
George Washington Slept Here is a 1942 comedy film starring Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan. It was based on the 1940 play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, adapted by Everett Freeman, and was directed by William Keighley. The film also starred Hattie McDaniel, the first black woman to ever win an Academy Award.
Manhattanite Connie Fuller Ann Sheridan secretly acquires a dilapidated house in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, without her husband Bills Jack Benny knowledge. The couple were forced out of their New York City apartment after their dog damaged the carpets. The house Connie buys is believed to have served as George Washingtons temporary home during the Revolutionary War. Connie takes Bill on a tour of the countryside including the house, hoping that Bill will fall in love with it. Her plan to surprise him with the news that they own the house is frustrated when he announces that he hates it. Bill only sees the poor condition of the house, and its poor location for commuting into the city. Having nowhere else to live, they move into the house anyway. Connies sister Madge Joyce Reynolds moves with them. They hire Mr. Kimber Percy Kilbride to help with the renovations. They uncover evidence that it was not Washington who had slept there, but Benedict Arnold. Connies spoiled nephew Raymond Douglas Croft also moves in during the summer. Connies wealthy uncle Stanley Charles Coburn plans to visit also.One rainy day, married actors Rena Leslie Lee Patrick and Clayton Evans John Emery seek shelter from the downpour. Madge falls in love with Clayton and plans to run away with him, abandoning Rena. Bill suspects Connie of infidelity with local antiques dealer Jeff Douglas Harvey Stephens, and confronts her. Connie explains that Jeff helped her determine that they own a well and an access road facilities that their unfriendly neighbor Prescott Charles Dingle claims as his. ........
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