Vivacious Lady is a 1938 American black-and-white romantic comedy film directed by George Stevens and starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart . It was released by RKO Radio Pictures . The screenplay was written by P.J. Wolfson and Ernest Pagano and adapted from a short story by I. A. R. Wylie . The music score was by Roy Webb and the cinematography by Robert De Grasse .
17-508: The film is a story of love at first sight between a young botany professor and a nightclub singer . The film's comedic elements include repeatedly frustrated attempts by the newlywed couple to find a moment alone with each other. Among the supporting players are James Ellison , Frances Mercer, Beulah Bondi , Franklin Pangborn , and Charles Coburn , as well as an uncredited appearance by Hattie McDaniel . Botany professor Peter Morgan Jr.
34-451: A flare-up of her heart condition, making any further conversation impossible. For his third attempt, Peter decides to announce the marriage to his parents at the university's student-faculty prom. Keith brings Francey to the prom as his own guest, and Francey, still posing as a student, develops a friendly rapport with Mrs. Morgan, but gets into a nasty brawl with Helen in which Francey accidentally punches Peter's father. Peter says nothing at
51-544: A profit of $ 75,000. In the early 1960s, Steve McQueen announced that he wanted to appear in a remake, but this did not happen. Vivacious Lady was nominated for two Oscars , for Best Cinematography and Best Sound, Recording ( John O. Aalberg ). George Stevens won a Special Recommendation Award at the 1938 Venice Film Festival . Vivacious Lady was adapted as a radio play on the April 7, 1940 episode of The Screen Guild Theater with Ginger Rogers and Fred MacMurray ,
68-634: A variety format, with mixed success. The program increasingly came to rely on adaptations of major motion pictures—presenting a considerable challenge to writers who had to compress the narrative into 22 minutes. Fees these actors would typically charge were donated to the Motion Picture Relief Fund , in order to support the creation and maintenance of the Motion Picture Country Home for retired actors. A 1940 magazine article noted that The Screen Guild Theater
85-507: Is afraid to tell him about the marriage. When they arrive, Mr. Morgan and Peter's high-society fiancée, Helen, initially take Francey for another of Keith's girlfriends. While Peter decides how to approach his father with the news, Francey stays at a women-only hotel, and Peter and Keith introduce her as a new botany student. Peter mentions Francey to his father twice, but on both occasions, Mr. Morgan interrupts and ignores his son, and when Peter becomes insistent, his apparently ailing mother has
102-517: Is sent to Manhattan to retrieve his playboy cousin Keith and immediately falls in love with nightclub singer Francey. After a whirlwind one-day courtship, Peter and Francey get married, and they and Keith return to the Morgan family's home in the small town of Old Sharon, where Peter teaches at the university run by his father, Peter Morgan Sr. Mr. Morgan is known for being a proud, overbearing man, so Peter
119-758: The January 6, 1941 episode of Lux Radio Theatre with Alice Faye and Don Ameche , the October 2, 1945 episode of CBS's Theater of Romance with Robert Walker and Lurene Tuttle , the December 3, 1945 Screen Guild Theater with James Stewart and Janet Blair and on the August 14, 1946 episode of Academy Award Theater with Lana Turner . It was also presented on Philip Morris Playhouse February 13, 1942, with Madeleine Carroll starring. Love at first sight Too Many Requests If you report this error to
136-567: The Motion Picture Relief Fund. "A table of highlights would run many pages", wrote radio historian John Dunning , who lists the following notable Screen Guild broadcasts: Shirley Temple's parents declined an offer of $ 35,000 for her to perform a radio version of The Blue Bird on a commercial broadcast; instead, she presented it on the Screen Guild program without payment. An attempt was made on her life during
153-890: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.236 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 944463220 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:47:54 GMT The Screen Guild Theater The Screen Guild Theater is a radio anthology series broadcast from 1939 until 1952 during the Golden Age of Radio . Leading Hollywood stars performed adaptations of popular motion pictures. Originating on CBS Radio, it aired under several different titles including The Gulf Screen Guild Show , The Gulf Screen Guild Theater , The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater and The Camel Screen Guild Players . Fees that would ordinarily have been paid to
170-467: The incident releases thirty years of marital frustration in Mrs. Morgan, who also decides to leave her husband. Francey tells Peter she is leaving him. He vows that he can change his father's mind before her train departs. Peter's solution is to threaten the family with disgrace by getting drunk and otherwise misbehaving until his father relents, even if it costs him his job. Peter passes out before he can reach
187-657: The prom, but blurts the news to his father just as Mr. Morgan is about to give an important speech, resulting in another argument and another flare-up of Mrs. Morgan's heart condition. This prevents Mrs. Morgan from learning who Francey is, but she accidentally finds out from Francey herself during a conversation in Francey's apartment. Mrs. Morgan accepts the news happily, and admits to Francey that she pretends to have heart trouble any time her husband gets into an argument, but Mr. Morgan demands that Francey leave Peter, threatening to fire him if she does not. Francey agrees to leave, but
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#1732783673925204-425: The show. As Temple was singing "Someday You'll Find Your Bluebird", a woman in the audience rose from her seat and pulled out a handgun, pointing it directly at her. The woman hesitated and was disarmed. It was later discovered that she had lost a child on the day it was publicly stated that Temple was born, and blamed her for stealing her daughter's soul. The series benefited during its 1950–51 season on ABC, when it
221-811: The stars and studios were instead donated to the Motion Picture Relief Fund , and were used for the construction and maintenance of the Motion Picture Country House . The Screen Guild Theater had a long run beginning January 8, 1939, lasting for 14 seasons and 527 episodes. Actors on the series included Ethel Barrymore , Lionel Barrymore , Ingrid Bergman , Humphrey Bogart , Eddie Cantor , Gary Cooper , Bing Crosby , Bette Davis , Jimmy Durante , Nelson Eddy , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Clark Gable , Judy Garland , Gene Kelly , Sam Levene , Johnny Mercer , Agnes Moorehead , Dennis Morgan , Gregory Peck , Fred Astaire , Frank Sinatra , Shirley Temple , and Dinah Shore . The series began with
238-522: The train, which departs with both Francey and Mrs. Morgan aboard, but Mr. Morgan, having finally yielded to the combined pressure of his son and wife, stops the train by driving ahead of it with Peter and parking the car on the track. Both marriages are saved, and Peter and Francey finally have their honeymoon on the train. Vivacious Lady marked one of James Stewart's earliest starring roles. Ginger Rogers recommended Stewart as her leading man in this film. Although neither actor collaborated on any prior work,
255-576: The two were dating at the time. After four days of shooting in April 1937, Stewart became ill, but then left to costar in Of Human Hearts (1938). RKO considered replacing Stewart, but shelved the production until December 1937. Actors Donald Crisp and Fay Bainter , who were cast in the original production, were replaced respectively by Charles Coburn and Beulah Bondi (both of whom co-starred with Stewart in Hearts as well). The film made
272-522: Was "the only sponsored program on the air which gives all its profits to charity." Nearly $ 800,000 had been contributed by the summer of 1942. The first three seasons of the CBS series were sponsored by Gulf Oil . With uncertainties in the oil market due to World War II , Gulf dropped the show, and in 1942 the Lady Esther cosmetics corporation assumed sponsorship. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater
289-411: Was consistently one of the top ten radio programs. Reverses in the cosmetics industry led Lady Esther to withdraw in 1947, and Camel Cigarettes purchased a three-year contract. Changing time slots and networks brought about a decline in ratings. In the fall of 1950, the series returned to CBS, where it ran until its final broadcast June 30, 1952. The Screen Guild Theater earned a total of $ 5,235,607 for
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