Two sisters, one bachelor, zero chill — 1948's most chaotic love triangle.
Acting
Janis Paige steals every scene as the shamelessly scheming Joy.
Costume
Post-war glam that screams 'I am auditioning to be a housewife.'
Director
Frederick de Cordova
Joyce Reynolds
Jackie Linnett
Robert Hutton
Warren James
Edward Arnold
Andrew J. Linnett
Janis Paige
Joy Linnett
Barbara Brown
Mrs. Linnett
Jerome Cowan
Bob James
Don McGuire
Stevie Wilson
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. James
Lotte Stein
Minna
Bess Flowers
Guest at country club dance
Russell Arms
Bobby
Angela Greene
Miss Walsh
Brooks Benedict
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frederick de Cordova later directed The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson — this was his warm-up for managing chaotic egos.
The 'wallflower' archetype here is pure post-WWII anxiety: women needed husbands fast before the men shipped out again.
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