Without Reservations
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Initial DVD release May 22, 2007 Duration Language English | Director Mervyn LeRoy Budget 1.683 million USD Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 13, 1946 (1946-05-13) Based on Thanks, God! Ill Take It From Here
by Jane Allen
Mae Livingston Cast John Wayne (Rusty), Claudette Colbert , Cary Grant , Don DeFore , Anne Triola Similar movies John Wayne appears in Without Reservations and A Lady Takes a Chance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Without Reservations is a 1946 American comedy film starring Claudette Colbert and John Wayne, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was adapted by Andrew Solt from the novel Thanks, God! I'll Take It From Here by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston.
Contents
The opening shot shows "Arrowhead" Pictures motion picture studio. This is the actual RKO Radio Pictures building at 780 Gower Street in Hollywood, retouched with "Arrowhead" replacing the RKO signs on the building. It remains a historic structure on the corner to this day.
Without reservations love story
Plot
Successful author Christopher "Kit" Madden (Claudette Colbert) travels to Los Angeles to work on the film adaptation of her best-selling book Here is Tomorrow. It is supposed to star Cary Grant as the hero Mark Winston and Lana Turner, but Grant has just dropped out and the producer thinks they need an unknown actor to play Winston. On a train to Hollywood Kit meets two Marines, Captain "Rusty" Thomas (John Wayne) and 1st Lieutenant "Dink" Watson (Don DeFore). She considers Rusty the best choice to play Mark Winston, but he is dismissive of her book: she wrote a political allegory and he does not believe Cary Grant would refuse Lana Turner for 400 pages. Unsure how he will react if he discovers she is a famous writer, she keeps her identity secret (saying her name is "Kitty Kloch"). During their journey across the country on trains and cars the trio end up in various comedic and dramatic situations. When Rusty finally learns the truth, he thinks that she has been using him just so he would be in the motion picture. Nonetheless, after a number of missteps, the couple eventually are able to resolve their differences.
Cast
Jack Benny, Dolores Moran and Cary Grant make uncredited cameo appearances, as does director Mervyn LeRoy.
Production
The film was originally budgeted at $1.1 million and had the title Thank God, I'll Take it From Here.
Reception
The film made a profit of $342,000.