Film

True to Life

1943 · 1h 34m · Comedy

ONLY REAL LIFE COULD BE SO SCREWY! SO SENSATIONAL! SO GOOD!

IMDb

6.6

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.

Mary Martin

Bonnie Porter

Franchot Tone

Fletcher Marvin

Dick Powell

Link Ferris

Victor Moore

Pop Porter

Mabel Paige

Mom Porter

William Demarest

Uncle Jake

Clarence Kolb

Mr. Huggins

Beverly Hudson

Twips

Raymond Roe

Clem

Ernest Truex

Oscar Elkins

Harry Shannon

Mr. Mason

Stanley Andrews

Frank (Bakery Foreman) (uncredited)

Maxine Ardell

Girl (uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Man on Bus (uncredited)

Edna Bennett

Woman on Bus (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Radio Heavy (uncredited)

• George MarshallDirector
• Harry TugendScreenplay
• Don HartmanScreenplay
• Ben BarzmanStory
• Bess BoyleStory
• Sol BarzmanStory
• Paul JonesProducer
• Buddy G. DeSylvaExecutive Producer
• Charles LangDirector of Photography
• Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 24, 1943

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy

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