For the Love of Mary (1948)

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.

Director : Frederick De Cordova
Cast : Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn, Ray Collins, Hugo Haas, Harry Davenport, Griff Barnett, Katharine Alexander, James Todd, Morris Ankrum, Frank Conroy, Leon Belasco, Louise Beavers, Raymond Greenleaf, Charles Meredith, Adele Rowland, Mary Adams, Adrienne Marden, Beatrice Roberts, Harry Cheshire, Donald Randolph, William Gould, Lois Austin, Polly Bailey, Eddie Coke, George Eldredge, Ben Erway, Franklyn Farnum, John Gallaudet



SYNOPSIS:

What a way to go! "For The Love of Mary" was Deanna Durbin's swansong. She proves what a charming, sparkling entertainer she was in her role as Mary Peppertree, a White House operator. This film (in it's acting, casting of veteran character actors, such as Harry Davenport and Louise Beavers, and it's lyrical though swift pacing) really marks the end of romantic comedy as practiced by the practitioners of screwball comedy. Romantic comedies would never again be this light, unpretentious, and wholesome, in my opinion.
Deanna Durbin shines as a comedic actress in this film as she never did as an adult performer because she never had a comedy script as bright and as fresh as this one. The chemistry between her and Edmond O'Brien is strong and sexy. This is one of the few romantic comedies to believably transport one to an idyllic world in which everyone can be lighthearted and in love with life if one were only in the right place and with the right kind of people.
"For The Love of Mary" deserves far more widespread viewing and critical praise than it currently has. It is great that it is now on video for all to appreciate

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