The Mating Season
First screened in September 2012
Director: Mitchell Leisen. Cast: John Lund, Gene Tierney, Thelma Ritter, Miriam Hopkins, Larry Keating, James Lorimer, Jan Sterling, Cora Witherspoon, Malcolm Keen,
Gladys Hurlbut, Ellen Corby, Billie Bird, Grayce Hampton, Samuel Colt. Screenplay: Charles Brackett & Walter Reisch & Richard L. Breen (based on the play Maggie by Caesar Dunn). Twitter Capsule:
Mitchell Leisen adept as ever at maintaining light comic tone. Tierney, Ritter charming. Still, avowedly minor.
VOR:②
As engaging as it is in the moment, not much sticks in the memory. Without Ritter and her Oscar nod, its reputation would be even slimmer.
