It Had to Be You (1947)
- Starring:
- Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, (more)
- Director(s):
- Don Hartman, Rudolph Maté, (more)
Synopsis of It Had to Be You
A precursor of sorts to the 1999 Julia Roberts vehicle The Runaway Bride, It Had to Be You stars Ginger Rogers as Victoria Stafford, a wealthy girl who has been engaged three times, and has three times chickened out at the altar just before saying "I do." Determined to wed her fourth fiancé, Oliver H.P. Harrington (Ron Randell), Victoria is on the verge of saying those two little words, when suddenly she sees the vision of her "dream lover," George (Cornel Wilde), whom she has envisioned since childhood. Ultimately our heroine meets an in-the-flesh lookalike for her imaginary sweetheart: a no-nonsense fireman named Johnny Blaine, who indeed was a childhood friend of Victoria's. So, do wedding bells finally ring? Not on your life. Though Victoria is ga-ga over Johnny, the feeling is far from mutual -- and besides, there are several reels to go before the end title. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of It Had to Be You
- Ginger Rogers - Victoria Stafford
- Percy Waram - Mr. Stafford
- Ron Randell - Oliver H.P. Harrington
- Charles Evans - Dr. Parkinson
- Frank Orth - Conductor Brown
- Douglas Wood - Mr. Kimberly
- Paul Campbell - Radio Announcer
- Cliff Clark - Fire Chief
- Anna Q. Nilsson - Saleslady
- Allen Wood - Cab Driver
- Nancy Saunders - Model
- Ralph Peters - Cab Driver Number 1
- Oscar O'Shea - Irish Neighborhood Watchman
- Edward Harvey - Dr. Thompson
- Michael Towne - Fireman
- Virginia Hunter - Maid of Honor
- Douglas D. Coppin - Boyfriend
- Dudley Dickerson - Porter
- Cornel Wilde - George/Johnny Blaine
- Spring Byington - Mrs. Stafford
- Thurston Hall - Mr. Harrington
- Billy Bevan - Evans
- Harry Hays Morgan Jr. - George Benson
- Mary Forbes - Mrs. Kimberly
- George Chandler - Man
- Myron Healey - Standish
- Fred Sears - Tillerman, Fireman
- Harlan Warde - Atherton
- Jack Rice - Floorwalker
- Garry Owen - Cab Driver Number 2
- Judy Nugent - Victoria, Age 5
- Victor Travers - Drugstore Manager
- Vera Lewis - Mrs. Brown
- Joe Gray - Prize Fighter
- Vernon Dent - Man in Drugstore
- Gerald Fielding - Peabody
- Director(s):
- Don Hartman, Rudolph Maté
- Writer(s):
- Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
- Producer(s):
- Norman Deming, Don Hartman
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