His Butler's Sister

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His Butler's Sister

Released Nov 26, 1943

1h 32m

Musical

Comedy

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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.

Jose Maria Santos

Cine-Mundial

The movie amuses and entertains, [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 16, 2019

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Josephine O'Neill

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

This romantic comedy holds more vague, plushy charm than many a Durbin film.

Apr 2, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Trivial musical comedy.

Rated: C+

Feb 19, 2011

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Steve D

Not among her best but still cute.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/20/23

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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

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Audience Member

Romantically cute and very slickly done.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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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

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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

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Frank Borzage

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Deanna Durbin

Ann Carter

Pat O'Brien

Martin Murphy

Franchot Tone

Charles Gerard

Akim Tamiroff

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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