Irene Dunne

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The Awful Truth review by from west sussex

Awfully good 4 January 2005
...d a wonderful supporting role from the dog (who reappears in Bringing Up Baby). Irene Dunne was perhaps not the best choice of comedienne to partner Grant, but Ralph Bella... Read customer review

Roberta review by from Ealing, London

One of the best Astaire-Rogers films 15 February 2009
...This film revealed just how much fun Fred and Ginger had dancing together. Irene Dunne put so much meaning into singing 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes',it really tugged at my h... Read customer review

I Remember Mama (1948)
Starring: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka
Director: George Stevens
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Irene Dunne stars in this nostalgic picture directed by George Stevens as the mother anyone would love. Chronicled by her aspiring-writer daughter (Barbara Bel Geddes), Mama is the matriarch of an immigrant Norwegian family in 1910 San Francisco. She and her husband bring up their four children ..read more »

59% from 11 members
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Life with Father on DVD (1947)
Starring: William Powell, Edmund Gwenn, Irene Dunne
Director: Michael Curtiz
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From the director of CASABLANCA, Michael Curtiz' LIFE WITH FATHER is one of the best family films ever made. This delightful comedy based on Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse's Broadway play provides a look at family life in New York City during the 1880's. William Powell stars as Clarence Day, the ..read more »

58% from 194 members

Anna And The King Of Siam on DVD (1946)
Starring: Rex Harrison, Irene Dunne
Director: John Cromwell
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Based on a true story, John Cromwell's ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM stars Irene Dunne as Anna Owens, a recently widowed young mother who accepts employment as the governess for King Mongkut of Siam (Rex Harrison). In Siam, she finds that her highly intelligent employer is also a backward tyrant with a ..read more »

58% from 78 members

Penny Serenade on DVD (1941)
Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Beulah Bondi
Director: George Stevens
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When a newspaper man falls for a record store sales girl, their whirlwind courtship does not prepare him for a life of laughter, romance and tragedy. He must learn the value of true love, or face failure like he's never known. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Cary Grant.

63% from 611 members

My Favourite Wife on DVD (1940)
Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Gail Patrick
Director: Garson Kanin
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When his wife is believed dead after seven years missing at sea, a dashing attorney marries again only to have his first wife return on his honeymoon night.

69% from 977 members

The Awful Truth on DVD (1937)
Starring: Esther Dale, Mary Forbes, Cary Grant
Director: Leo McCarey
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Leo McCarey directed this classic screwball comedy in which Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a couple whose marriage is starting to fall apart. Jerry informs Lucy that he's taking a vacation alone in Florida; instead, he holes up with his buddies and plays poker for a week (..read more »

66% from 1,789 member

Roberta on DVD (1935)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irene Dunne
Director: William A. Seiter
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Ginger plays a mysterious countess and Fred a band leader in this exuberant musical set in Paris. Adapted from the Broadway hit by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach with songs 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and 'Lovely to Look At.' Lucille Ball has a cameo role in the fashion show sequence. Academy Award ..read more »

71% from 205 members

Cimarron (1931)
Starring: Richard Dix, Estelle Taylor, Irene Dunne
Director: Wesley Ruggles
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Newspaper editor and lawyer Yancey Cravat ups sticks and drags doubtful wife Sabra to Oklahoma to claim his own plot when the land is opened up for settlement. Under such a restless and commanding spirit, will Sabra ever be able to make her own voice heard?

47% from 25 members
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I Remember Mama - 3.0 stars
Life with Father - 3.0 stars
Anna And The King Of Siam - 3.0 stars
Penny Serenade - 3.0 stars
My Favourite Wife - 3.5 stars

Roberta - 3.5 stars
My Favourite Wife - 3.5 stars
The Awful Truth - 3.5 stars
Penny Serenade - 3.0 stars
Anna And The King Of Siam - 3.0 stars

Cimarron - 2.5 stars
I Remember Mama - 3.0 stars
Life with Father - 3.0 stars
Anna And The King Of Siam - 3.0 stars
Penny Serenade - 3.0 stars

Cary Grant - 4 times - show films
Randolph Scott - 3 times - show films
Wallis Clark - 2 times - show films
Elizabeth Taylor - 2 times - show films
Ann Doran - 2 times - show films

George Stevens - 3 times - show films
Leo McCarey - 2 times - show films
William A. Seiter - 2 times - show films
Michael Curtiz - 2 times - show films
John Cromwell - 1 times - show films