The double life of Mr. Mitty

Movie
German title	The double life of Mr. Mitty
Original title	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1947
length	110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Norman Z. McLeod
script	Ken Englund Everett Freeman
production	Samuel Goldwyn
music	David Raksin
camera	Lee Garmes
cut	Monica Collingwood
occupation
Danny Kaye : Walter Mitty Virginia Mayo : Rosalind Van Hoorn Boris Karloff : Dr. Hugo Hollingshead Fay Bainter : Mrs. Eunice Mitty Ann Rutherford : Gertrude Griswald Thurston Hall : Bruce Pierce Gordon Jones : Tubby Wadsworth Florence Bates : Mrs. Emma Griswald Konstantin Shayne : Peter Van Hoorn Reginald Denny : Colonel Henry Corden : Hendrick Doris Lloyd : Mrs. Follinsbee Fritz Feld : Anatole Frank Reicher : Maasdam Milton Parsons : Butler

The double life of Mr. Mitty (Original title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ) is an American comedy film by the director Norman Z. McLeod from 1947 with Danny Kaye , Virginia Mayo and Boris Karloff in the lead roles. The film was produced by the Samuel Goldwyn Company based on the story of Walter Mitty's secret life by James Thurber . In 2013, a remake was produced with The Amazing Life of Walter Mitty .

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Walter Mitty works as an editor at Pierce Publishing, a publisher of horror novels. He is a well-protected mother’s boy. Mother Eunice reads every wish from his lips, but restricts his development very much. It is the same with his imperious girlfriend Gertrude. However, Walter is a coward in life and does not know how to escape the ladies. Only in his daydreams does Walter become a hero and experience the most daring adventures. Bruce Pierce is Walter's boss and uses Walter's dreams and ideas in the stories he publishes. Walter's life becomes more complicated when he begins to be unable to tell his dreams and reality apart. When he falls in love with the attractive Rosalind, he can only defeat his adversary Tubby Wadsworth in his dreams. When he actually gets caught up in a crime story, he can finally save Rosalind. The gangsters are arrested, Walter wins Rosalind's heart and the respect of his fellow men.

Reviews

“The editor of a publishing house for horror novels, a shy mother's boy, climbs between dream and reality in daring love and crime adventures that almost bring him to a madhouse. Grotesque comedy based very freely on a story by James Thurber with humor, depth and Danny Kaye in a bombshell. "

- Lexicon of international film

Production notes

Emil Newman was the musical director . The sound editing comes from Fred Lau. Irene Sharaff provided the costumes, Perry Ferguson and George Jenkins created the production design . Robert Stephanoff and Marie Clark were responsible for the masks and hairstyles. Casey Roberts designed the buildings . Leon Fromkess was in charge of production.

Web links

• The double life of Mr. Mitty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The double life of Mr. Mitty in: Cinema
• The double life of Mr. Mitty in the German dubbing index

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The double life of Mr. Mitty. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .