The Mating Season (1951)

The Mating Season Directed by Mitchell Leisen Written by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard L. Breen from the play Maggie by Caesar Dunn 1951/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing/Amazon Instant Val McNulty: Everybody marries a stranger. This pleasant, if predictable, comedy features an ... Read full article

THE MATING SEASON (1951) and the Mothers-In-Law

In the 1950s it was unlikely that newly married couples, couples in the midst of the mating season knew each other intimately before they actually took the plunge.  Or so the mores of the time dictated.  As such being newly married meant you had to get to know your chosen life partner from square... Read full article

The Mating Season (1951)

The Mating Season was my choice during TCM’s Summer Under the Stars tribute to Thelma Ritter. Ritter was one of the best remembered character actresses of the golden era, and The Mating Season wouldn’t work as well as it does without her (the same could be said, in an ensemble sense, wit... Read full article

The Mating Season (1951)

Thelma Ritter was always a scene-stealer, upstaging the stars, but perhaps it is no more evident than in this comedy starring Gene Tierney, John Lund and Miriam Hopkins. She runs a hamburger stand in New Jersey, talks plain, and works hard. Her son Val McNulty is a college graduate and a kind, gentl... Read full article

The Mating Season (1951)

Thelma Ritter was always a scene-stealer, upstaging the stars, but perhaps it is no more evident than in this comedy starring Gene Tierney, John Lund, and Miriam Hopkins. She runs a hamburger stand in New Jersey, talks plain, and works hard. Her son Val McNulty is a college graduate and a kind, gent... Read full article