Julia Misbehaves (1948)
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- Approved
- 1h 39min
- Comedy, Romance
- 08 Aug 1948 (USA)
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Greer Garson | ... |
Julia Packett
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Walter Pidgeon | ... |
William Sylvester Packett
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Peter Lawford | ... |
Ritchie Lorgan
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Elizabeth Taylor | ... |
Susan Packett
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Cesar Romero | ... |
Fred Ghenoccio
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Lucile Watson | ... |
Mrs. Packett
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Nigel Bruce | ... |
Colonel Bruce Willowbrook
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Mary Boland | ... |
Ma Ghenoccio
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Reginald Owen | ... |
Benjamin Hawkins
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Henry Stephenson | ... |
Lord Pennystone
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Aubrey Mather | ... |
The Vicar
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Ian Wolfe | ... |
Hobson
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Fritz Feld | ... |
Pepito
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Phyllis Morris | ... |
Daisy
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Veda Ann Borg | ... |
Louise
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Lola Albright | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Harry Allen | ... |
Bill Collector (uncredited)
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Jimmy Aubrey | ... |
Drunken Man (uncredited)
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Shirley Ballard | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Nan Boardman | ... |
Saleslady (uncredited)
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Edmund Breon | ... |
Jamie (uncredited)
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André Charlot | ... |
Theater Doorman (uncredited)
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Marcelle Corday | ... |
Gabby (uncredited)
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Gino Corrado | ... |
Roulette Gambler (uncredited)
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Sidney D'Albrook | ... |
Tony, Waiter in Pub (uncredited)
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Jean Del Val | ... |
Croupier (uncredited)
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Ted DeWayne | ... |
Acrobat (uncredited)
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Elspeth Dudgeon | ... |
Woman in Pawn Shop (uncredited)
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Roland Dupree | ... |
French Messenger (uncredited)
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Patricia Edwards | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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James Fairfax | ... |
Bill Collector (uncredited)
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Bertha Feducha | ... |
Woman in Theater (uncredited)
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James Finlayson | ... |
Bill Collector (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Gambling Casino Extra (uncredited)
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Art Foster | ... |
English Sailor (uncredited)
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Stanley Fraser | ... |
Pawn Shop Clerk (uncredited)
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George Goldsmith | ... |
English Sailor (uncredited)
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Alex Goudovitch | ... |
Bellboy (uncredited)
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Ruth Hall | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Winifred Harris | ... |
Lady Pennystone (uncredited)
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Marjorie Jackson | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Michael Kent | ... |
Acrobat (uncredited)
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Gail Langford | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Joi Lansing | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Connie Leon | ... |
Woman in Street (uncredited)
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Mitchell Lewis | ... |
Railroad Manager (uncredited)
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James Logan | ... |
Moving Man (uncredited)
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Alphonse Martell | ... |
Frenchman in Theatre (uncredited)
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Torben Meyer | ... |
Commissar (uncredited)
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Harold Miller | ... |
Gambling Casino Extra (uncredited)
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Henry Monzello | ... |
Acrobat (uncredited)
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Ottola Nesmith | ... |
Saleslady (uncredited)
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Kay Norton | ... |
Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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Albert Pollet | ... |
Bartender (uncredited)
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Ray Saunders | ... |
Acrobat (uncredited)
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Almira Sessions | ... |
Woman in Street (uncredited)
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Sara Shane | ... |
Mannequin (uncredited)
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Billy Snyder | ... |
Acrobat (uncredited)
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Larry Steers | ... |
Gambling Casino Extra (uncredited)
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Cyril Thornton | ... |
Bill Collector (uncredited)
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David Thursby | ... |
English Sailor (uncredited)
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Aline Towne | ... |
Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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Candy Toxton | ... |
Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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George Volk | ... |
Urchin (uncredited)
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Joanee Wayne | ... |
The Head (uncredited)
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Victor Wood | ... |
Postman (uncredited)
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Herbert Wyndham | ... |
Piano Player in Pub (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Conway |
Written by
William Ludwig | ... | (screenplay) and |
Harry Ruskin | ... | (screenplay) and |
Arthur Wimperis | ... | (screenplay) |
Gina Kaus | ... | (adaptation) and |
Monckton Hoffe | ... | (adaptation) |
Margery Sharp | ... | (novel "The Nutmeg Tree") |
Produced by
Everett Riskin | ... | producer |
Music by
Adolph Deutsch |
Cinematography by
Joseph Ruttenberg | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
John D. Dunning | ... | (as John Dunning) |
Art Direction by
Daniel B. Cathcart | ||
Cedric Gibbons |
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis |
Costume Design by
Irene |
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn | ... | makeup artist |
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Walter Strohm | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marvin Stuart | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Jack D. Moore | ... | associate set decorator |
Tony Ordoqui | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | sound |
Charles E. Wallace | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe | ... | special effects |
Stunts
Bob Yerkes | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Virgil Apger | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Herbert Fischer | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Leo Monlon | ... | grip (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
Alexander Courage | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Jack Aldworth | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (France) (theatrical)
- M.P.E.A. (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Central Motion Picture Exchange (1949) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Western Electric (sound recording)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In 1936, London chorus girl Julia Packett (Greer Garson) is always in trouble financially but also seems to land on her feet by using her feminine wiles to manipulate the men in her life with a smile on her, and usually their, faces. Much to her surprise, Julia receives an invitation to her now-grown daughter Susan Packett's (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) wedding to upper-crust Roderick Pennystone, to be held in the Packett mansion outside of Paris. Julia being a wife and mother is something of which her current social circle had no idea. Julia and her equally upper-crust husband William Sylvester Packett (Walter Pidgeon) met during World War I when he was enlisted and she a bright-eyed 17-year-old just starting out in the vaudeville business. They split--separated, but never divorced--because of their fundamental class and thus attitudinal differences, when Susan was an infant. Julia knew that it made sense to leave Susan with William because Julia's working life, which included late nights and often being on the move to where the work is located, would be no way to raise Susan. However, William's controlling mother, in the settlement, would not allow Julia any visitation rights, as such, Susan has never known her mother. Despite having no money for the trip nor appropriate wedding attire, Julia accepts the invitation, which Mrs. Packett (Lucile Watson), William, and Susan are surprised to receive as no one admits to sending Julia an invitation, her name not on the official invitation list. Julia's presence adds a spark to the proceedings as she is reunited with William and gets to know Susan for the first time, all of which is only complicated by her encounter with the Ghenoccio acrobatic troupe en route to Paris, strongman Fred Ghenoccio (Cesar Romero), who has fallen in love with her, and the presence of William's old friend, the wealthy Colonel Bruce (Willowbrook Nigel Bruce), known to his friends as "Bunny". But Julia hopes that, based on her history and current circumstance with William, she has some influence on Susan, who she feels is marrying the wrong man; she thinks Ritchie Lorgan (Peter Lawford) , the Packetts' hired muralist, is the one Susan truly loves, if she will only recognize the fact. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | It's daring! It's delicious! It's the gayest comedy - romance of the year! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | During filming, Peter Lawford introduced Greer Garson to E.E. Fogelson, an oil-and-cattle millionaire from Texas, on this film set. Garson, who had recently been divorced from her Mrs. Miniver co-star, Richard Ney, met "Buddy," fell in love and married the next year. The marriage would last nearly 40 years until Fogelson's death. See more » |
Goofs | After exiting the right hand drive phaeton/touring car at the honeymoon cabin, the two couples congregate at the right driver's 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. See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Greer Garson (1961). See more » |
Soundtracks | When you're Playing with Fire See more » |
Quotes |
Fred Ghenoccio:
I've been waiting for something like this! William Sylvester Packett: What do you mean? Fred Ghenoccio: I know you society swells wandering around the passages at night. Sneaking into strange bedrooms. William Sylvester Packett: Don't be a fool. Julia's my wife. Fred Ghenoccio: She may be your wife, but she's my fiancée! See more » |