TOO MANY WOMEN
US, 1942, 67 minutes, Black-and-white.
Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton, Barbara Read, Fred Sherman, Marlo Dwyer, Kate Mac Kenna.
Directed by Bernard B.Ray.
No need to see this one. As one blogger refers to it, a “dopey film�. It is a supporting feature with a touch of romance and touches of comedy. It opens with a limerick explaining the central character as a good young man with many virtues but who tells a lie, a big lie in these were the consequences.
He is engaged to a young woman who is loyal to him but does not want to marry until his financial situation is secure. At a fair, for the Red Cross, he is pursued by several of the women who feel that they are engaged to him. His lie is that he has inherited $3 million from an uncle. Word goes round. It especially goes to his grandmother who is eager to know the truth – with the doctor advising the young man to keep lying so that she will stay healthy! He also has a best friend who is a bit shocked at his telling lies.
A number of twists involving all the women trying to ingratiate themselves into his love and engagement – and a proper resolution.
