Listen, Darling

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Listen, Darling

Released Oct 21, 1938

1h 12m

Musical

Comedy

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Dottie Wingate (Mary Astor), a widow taking care of her daughter, Pinkie (Judy Garland), and her son, Billie (Scotty Beckett), decides to marry Arthur Drubbs (Gene Lockhart), a dour banker, for the financial sake of her children. Horrified at the prospect, the children kidnap Dottie with the help of their Uncle Joe (Charley Grapewin). At a camping site, Pinkie and Buzz meet free-spirited lawyer Richard Thurlow (Walter Pidgeon) and scheme to bring him together with their mother.

John Kinloch

California Eagle

Listen, Darling is one of those rare B-pictures that captures a singular charm and spontaneity which most class A productions miss completely.

Oct 22, 2019

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

You have to be awfully sympathetic with the teen ages to get much pleasure out of Listen, Darling.

Jul 24, 2019

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Saddled with an unconvincing story.

Rated: C

Jun 14, 2010

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Steve D

The script keeps bouncing between trying too hard and not trying.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/18/23

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ashley h

Listen, Darling is a decent film. It is about a daughter who is trying to stop her mother from entering into a loveless marriage. Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Edwin L. Marin did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the humor and drama.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Average MGM vehicle serves as a showcase for young Judy Garland, who sings "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart."

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Predictable, yes, but Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew are a winning pair and put this over and are quite charming.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

A great family film. Very sweet and funny. Judy Garland sings "sing with the strings of my heart" and it was great!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

good story young judy what more can u ask for?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Edwin L. Marin

Director

Judy Garland

'Pinkie' Wingate

Freddie Bartholomew

'Buzz' Mitchell

Mary Astor

Dottie Wingate

Walter Pidgeon

Richard Thurlow

Alan Hale

J.J. Slattery

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Synopsis

Dottie Wingate (Mary Astor), a widow taking care of her daughter, Pinkie (Judy Garland), and her son, Billie (Scotty Beckett), decides to marry Arthur Drubbs (Gene Lockhart), a dour banker, for the financial sake of her children. Horrified at the prospect, the children kidnap Dottie with the help of their Uncle Joe (Charley Grapewin). At a camping site, Pinkie and Buzz meet free-spirited lawyer Richard Thurlow (Walter Pidgeon) and scheme to bring him together with their mother.

Director: Edwin L. Marin
Producer: Jack Cummings
Screenwriter: Elaine Ryan, Anne Morrison Chapin
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 21, 1938, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 6, 2016
Runtime: 1h 12m

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