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His Butler's Sister

Play trailer Poster for His Butler's Sister Released Nov 26, 1943 1h 32m Musical Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Delighted by news from her half-brother Martin (Pat O'Brien) about his many successes in Manhattan, small-town Midwestern girl and aspiring singer Ann (Deanna Durbin) packs it up and heads to the Big Apple. Ann arrives at Martin's supposed address, only to discover him working as a butler in the home of a famed writer of Broadway musicals, Charles Gerard (Franchot Tone). When Martin refuses to get Ann a coveted audition with his employer, she schemes to meet the elusive composer.

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Jose Maria Santos Cine-Mundial The movie amuses and entertains, [Full review in Spanish] Sep 16, 2019 Full Review Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) This romantic comedy holds more vague, plushy charm than many a Durbin film. Apr 2, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Trivial musical comedy. Rated: C+ Feb 19, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Not among her best but still cute. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/20/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a Hallmark-type movie, but anything with Deanna is worth seeing. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Romantically cute and very slickly done. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting film that's similar in tone to Borzage's Depression era work. Thematically, though, it's really rather dull. Franchot Tone is wonderful as always. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the not so good films. Not horrible, but contrived. I like most of the others better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Frank Borzage

Director

Deanna Durbin

Ann Carter

Pat O'Brien

Martin Murphy

Franchot Tone

Charles Gerard

Akim Tamiroff

Popoff

Alan Mowbray

Buzz Jenkins
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Synopsis Delighted by news from her half-brother Martin (Pat O'Brien) about his many successes in Manhattan, small-town Midwestern girl and aspiring singer Ann (Deanna Durbin) packs it up and heads to the Big Apple. Ann arrives at Martin's supposed address, only to discover him working as a butler in the home of a famed writer of Broadway musicals, Charles Gerard (Franchot Tone). When Martin refuses to get Ann a coveted audition with his employer, she schemes to meet the elusive composer.
Director
Frank Borzage
Producer
Felix Jackson
Screenwriter
Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 1943, Original
Runtime
1h 32m