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Directed by Claude Binyon Screenplay by Claude Binyon Initial release 1950 Music director Cyril J. Mockridge Production company 20th Century Fox | 6.2/10 IMDb Produced by Fred Kohlmar Music by Cyril J. Mockridge Director Claude Binyon Story by Mary Bard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on The Doctor Wears Three Faces
1949 book
by Mary Bard Starring Dorothy McGuire
William Lundigan
June Havoc
Gary Merrill
Jessie Royce Landis
Joyce MacKenzie Cast Gary Merrill, Dorothy McGuire, June Havoc, William Lundigan, Jessie Royce Landis Similar Elopement, Mister 880, The Inside Story, Casanova in Burlesque, The Perfect Snob | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mother Didn't Tell Me is a 1950 American comedy film written and directed by Claude Binyon. The film stars Dorothy McGuire, William Lundigan, June Havoc, Gary Merrill, Jessie Royce Landis and Joyce MacKenzie. It is based on the book The Doctor Wears Three Faces by Mary Bard. The film was released on March 3, 1950, by 20th Century Fox.
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Plot
Advertising jingle writer Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) is treated for a cold by a doctor, Bill Wright (William Lundigan), and soon they date and fall in love. Jane is warned by Bill's mother (Jessie Royce Landis) and by another doctor's wife, Maggie (June Havoc), about the complications of being married to someone in that profession, work always taking priority over his personal life.
Jane gives birth to twins, but her gradual frustration over Bill's absences are further irritated by his intended collaboration with physician Helen Porter (Joyce MacKenzie), who is very attractive and makes Jane jealous. When she pretends to be ill simply to coax Bill into coming home, Jane is annoyed when Helen turns up to treat her instead, causing friction between the two women.
Just as she is preparing to leave her husband, Jane's children are accidentally poisoned. Bill is able to save them. A grateful Jane also learns that Mrs. Wright has persuaded Helen to take a job in another city.