She lived at the edge of life - with out-stretched arms . . . too short to reach it! Romance - a baffling reality.
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
- 5.7
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 35m
Loretta Young
Anita Halstead
David Niven
Tony "The Great Arturo"
Billie Burke
Aunt Abby
C. Aubrey Smith
Bishop Peabody
Zasu Pitts
Cary Bingham
Broderick Crawford
Don Burns
Eve Arden
Gloria
Hugh Herbert
Benton
Raymond Walburn
Harley Bingham
Virginia Field
Lola De Vere
Ralph Graves
Mr. Morrisey
Lionel Pape
Mr. Howard
Fred Keating
Master of CeremoniesRichard Allen
Detective
Granville Bates
Ship Captain
May Beatty
Dowager
Hillary Brooke
Blonde On StageGeorge Cathrey
OfficerPatti Davis
British PilotMary Field
Peabody's Housekeeper
Bess Flowers
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)Jack Green
DetectiveLarry Harris
Boy Boxer
Al Hill
Heckler
Leyland Hodgson
Captain Vickers
Arthur Stuart Hull
Audience Extra (uncredited)Dickie Jackson
Boy Boxer
Walter James
Police OfficialFrank Jaquet
DoctorPaul Le Paul
ButlerRalph McCullough
Ship's Officer
Doreen McKay
Girl at Shower (uncredited)
Dennie Moore
WaitressEdmund Mortimer
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)Ralph Norwood
Waiter
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter
Broderick O'Farrell
Ship's OfficerFranklin Parker
CroupierClaude Payton
Scotland Yard Man
Jack Perrin
Ship's Officer
Walter Sande
Ralph
Edwin Stanley
Reno Lawyer Jones
Larry Steers
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Eleanor Stewart
Girl at Shower (uncredited)Patricia Stillman
Girl at Shower (uncredited)
Luana Walters
Girl at Shower (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Stage Manager
Douglas Wood
PhillipsEvelyn Woodbury
Girl at Shower (uncredited)John Rice
Scotland Yard ManReleased
en
- #screwball comedy
- #magician
Reviews
David Niven and Loretta Young definitely had an on-screen chemistry between them, but it's not so obvious in this rather procedural comedy romance. He is "Tony", a famous and successful magician who easily captivates the heart of "Anita". Now she has already promised to marry the reliable "Burns" (an adequate Broderick Crawford) but is now determined to join her new beau on his grand tour. Now "To