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Duchess of Idaho

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Secretary Ellen (Paula Raymond) and dancer Christine (Esther Williams) are roommates and friends. Ellen is in love with her boss, Douglas (John Lund), who has her pretend to be his fiancée whenever his dates get too attached, but he doesn't return the feeling. Christine tries to help by following Douglas on a business trip and attempting to woo him so he'll summon Ellen. But things get complicated when Douglas is smitten by Christine, while she falls in love with a band leader (Van Johnson).

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Ashley H @ashleyhobgood87 01/23/2018 Duchess of Idaho is an okay film. It is about Ellen Hallet is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison. Esther Williams and Van Johnson give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Robert Z. Leonard did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the music and romance. See more Steve S 12/31/2016 One of Esther Williams better and most fun musical MGM spectacles. This time he heads to the snow capped mountain of Sun Valley. The lack of overdone swimming scenes actually benefits the film. See more 06/30/2016 another williams' water vehicle See more 06/21/2013 Pleasant-enough MGM musical features Williams and Johnson in their fourth on-screen pairing, along with guest appearances by Lena Horne, Eleanor Powell and Mel Torme (as a bellhop). See more 03/13/2010 early esther is still good See more 01/04/2010 Just love this movie and Van Johnson :) See more Read all reviews
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Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Esther Williams

Christine Riverton Duncan

Van Johnson

Dick Layne

John Lund

Douglas J. Morrison Jr.

Paula Raymond

Ellen Hallit

Clinton Sundberg

Matson
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Synopsis Secretary Ellen (Paula Raymond) and dancer Christine (Esther Williams) are roommates and friends. Ellen is in love with her boss, Douglas (John Lund), who has her pretend to be his fiancée whenever his dates get too attached, but he doesn't return the feeling. Christine tries to help by following Douglas on a business trip and attempting to woo him so he'll summon Ellen. But things get complicated when Douglas is smitten by Christine, while she falls in love with a band leader (Van Johnson).
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Producer
Joe Pasternak
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 1, 2011
Runtime
1h 38m