The More the Merrier
6.8
104 minutes
5/13/1943
Overview
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
Cast List
Jean Arthur
as Constance Milligan
Joel McCrea
as Joe Carter
Charles Coburn
as Benjamin Dingle
Richard Gaines
as Charles J. Pendergast
Bruce Bennett
as FBI Agent Evans
Frank Sully
as FBI Agent Pike
Donald Douglas
as FBI Agent Harding
Clyde Fillmore
as Senator Noonan
Stanley Clements
as Morton Rodakiewicz
Sam Ash
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Don Barclay
as Drunk (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
as Shaving Gag (uncredited)
Betzi Beaton
as Miss Finch (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Secretary (uncredited)
Sally Cairns
as Bathing Girl (uncredited)
Jack Carr
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
as Night Club Guest (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Lew Davis
as Man Entering Elevator (uncredited)
Ann Doran
as Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Eddie Foster
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Sugar Geise
as Dancer (uncredited)
Hal Gerard
as Second Statistician (uncredited)
Nancy Gray
as Miss Chasen (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
as Apartment Seeker (uncredited)
June Harris
as Girl (uncredited)
Henry Hebert
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill
as Headwaiter (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard
as Senator (uncredited)
Helen Holmes
as Dumpy Woman (uncredited)
Russell Huestis
as Night Club Guest (uncredited)
John Ince
as Shaving Gag (uncredited)
Fred Johnson
as Juggler (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston
as Night Club Guest (uncredited)
Edna Mae Jones
as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Mike Lally
as Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)
Pat Lane
as Waiter (uncredited)
Frank LaRue
as Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
Douglas Leavitt
as Waiter (uncredited)
Kay Linaker
as Miss Allen (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)
Betty McMahon
as Miss Geeskin (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson
as Girl (uncredited)
Lon Poff
as Sleeper (uncredited)
Hal Price
as Bathing Man (uncredited)
Bertha Priestley
as Fat Girl (uncredited)
Fred Rapport
as Shaving Gag (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore
as Washington Sun Reporter (uncredited)
Marshall Ruth
as Fat Statistician (uncredited)
Ann Savage
as Miss Dalton (uncredited)
Byron Shores
as Air Corps Maj. Denton (uncredited)
Jean Stevens
as Dancer (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
as Diner Counterman (uncredited)
Diedra Vale
as Fat Girl (uncredited)
David Ward
as Waiter (uncredited)
Douglas Wood
as Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
as Snippish Woman (uncredited)