For the Love of Mary (1948)
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Deanna Durbin's career was clearly on the downswing when she starred in For the Love of Mary. Durbin plays a switchboard operator at the White House, whose hiccuping spells throw several incoming special-interest callers into a tizzy. The President himself cures Durbin of her hiccups, thereby becoming entangled with the girl's various romances. She, in turn, finds herself neck-deep in numerous political intrigues. A forgettable comedy with disposable songs, For the Love of Mary turned out to be Deanna Durbin's last picture. The onetime mortgage-lifter of Universal Pictures was tired of the Hollywood grind and of fighting a losing battle with her fluctuating weight; thus she retired to France with her director-husband Charles David. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Deanna Durbin - Mary Peppertree
- Don Taylor - David Paxton
- Ray Collins - Harvey Elwood
- Harry Davenport - Justice Peabody
- Katherine Alexander - Miss Harkness
- Morris Ankrum - Adm. Walton
- Leon Belasco - Igor
- Raymond Greenleaf - Justice Williams
- Adele Rowland - Mrs. Peabody
- Adrienne Marden - Hilda
- Harry V. Cheshire - Col. Hedley
- William Gould - Sen. Benning
- Edmond O'Brien - Lt. Tom Farmington
- Jeffrey Lynn - Phillip Manning
- Hugo Haas - Gustav Heindel
- Griff Barnett - Timothy Peppertree
- James Todd - Justice Van Sloan
- Frank Conroy - Samuel Litchfield
- Louise Beavers - Bertha
- Charles Meredith - Justice Hastings
- Mary Adams - Marge
- Beatrice Roberts - Dorothy
- Don Randolph - Assistant Attorney General
- Director(s):
- Frederick de Cordova
- Writer(s):
- Oscar Brodney
- Producer(s):
- Robert Arthur
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