Julia Misbehaves (1948)

Director:

Jack Conway

Writers:

Margery Sharp (novel) and
Monckton Hoffe (adaptation)

Release Date:

8 August 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

English dancehall actress Julia Packett hasn't seen her daughter since Susan was a few months old, having...

Plot Keywords:

Mother In Law | Wedding | France | Mother Daughter Relationship | Ex Husband

Cast

Greer Garson	...	Julia Packett
Walter Pidgeon	...	William Sylvester Packett
Peter Lawford	...	Ritchie Lorgan
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Susan Packett
Cesar Romero	...	Fred Ghenoccio
Lucile Watson	...	Mrs. Packett
Nigel Bruce	...	Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook
Mary Boland	...	Mrs. Gheneccio
Reginald Owen	...	Benny Hawkins
Henry Stephenson	...	Lord Pennystone
Aubrey Mather	...	The Vicar
Ian Wolfe	...	Hobson, the Butler
Fritz Feld	...	Pepito
Phyllis Morris	...	Daisy
Veda Ann Borg	...	Louise

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Greer Garson met future husband E.E. Fogelson, an acquaintance of Peter Lawford's, on the set of this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: After exiting the right hand drive phaeton/touring car at the honeymoon cabin, the two couples congregate at the right drivers side; the car is facing screen right. The next scene has the caretaker approaching from the right and the two couples are now standing in the exact same positions but on the left passenger side of the car; the car is now facing screen left.

Quotes:

Col. Bruce 'Bunny' Willowbrook: There are only two kinds of men: those who admit they like women, and liars.

Soundtrack:

Instrumental for Guitar

Loved Greer as a dancehall entertainer.

Greer Garson had beautiful and long legs. I did not know any of this when viewing "Mrs. Miniver" or her other movies. In her typical movies, she is quite proper and above all, a remarkable image to look up to for women. In this movie, however, Greer is so much fun. She has to deal with her prim and proper husband, and in the meantime she cavorts with that all-fun-loving hottie Cesar Romero. My favorite part of any of Greer's movies is the dancehall scene in this movie, when she is dressed in a very short plaid pleated skirt with spike heels. Wonderful!!! Her singing is very good, too. Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Lawford are quite cute in this movie. Walter Pigeon is his usual adorable self with Greer Garson. I feel that they were a well matched pair. I did not like Greer's part in the movie "That Forsyte Woman". I know that she wanted to play against type, but the way that the character of her husband (Errol Flynn?) in that movie treated her I felt was so horrible. That was the movie with Robert Young (I think) as the second man. I feel that that was a horrid "Greer" movie, but "Julia Misbehaves" is my favorite. Go Greer!!! Wish she were still here with us. Perhaps she was not so prim and proper in her real life, either. Ever wonder how and why she got her MGM contract so fast (in one day?)? It has been said that Louis B. Mayer never gave anybody anything without their "earning" it first, LOL. Even Judy Garland, IMO. You figure it out.