The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier is a 1943 American comedy film made by Columbia Pictures which makes fun of the housing shortage during World War II, especially in Washington, D.C. The picture stars Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea and Charles Coburn. The movie was directed by George Stevens. The film was written by Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross, Note and Robert Russell, from Twos a Crowd, an original story by Garson Kanin uncredited.

During World War II, retired millionaire Benjamin Dingle Charles Coburn arrives in Washington, D.C. as an adviser on the housing shortage and finds that his hotel suite will not be available for two days. He sees an ad for a roommate and talks the reluctant young woman, Connie Milligan Jean Arthur, into letting him sublet half of her apartment. Comedy ensues when the two clumsily get in each others way while arising and preparing for work. Connie makes things work by keeping to an exacting schedule, including eating breakfast and leaving for work at precise times. Note Then Dingle runs into Sergeant Joe Carter Joel McCrea, who has no place to stay while he waits to be shipped overseas. Dingle generously rents him half of his half.When Connie finds out about the new arrangement, she orders them both to leave, but she is forced to relent because she has already spent the mens rent money and cannot refund it. Joe and Connie are attracted to each other, though she is engaged to highpaid bureaucrat Charles J. Pendergast Richard Gaines. Connies mother married for love, not security, and Connie is determined not to repeat her mistake. Dingle happens to meet Pendergast at a business luncheon and does not like what he sees. He decides that Joe would be a better match for his landlady. ........

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