Our Home Sweet Home (1942)

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Movie
German title Our home
Original title George Washington Slept Here
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1942
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director William Keighley
script Everett Freeman
production Jerry Wald for
Warner Bros. Pictures
music Adolph German
camera Ernest Haller
cut Ralph Dawson
occupation

Our sweet home (Original title: George Washington Slept Here ) is an American film directed by William Keighley from 1942. The comedy is based on the play of the same name by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman and is about a couple who own an old house and the renovation is on the verge of ruin. The main roles are played by Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan .

action

New York-based couple Bill and Connie Fuller have to move out of their apartment after their dog caused damage there, which resulted in a dismissal. Unbeknownst to Bill, Connie buys an abandoned country house in Pennsylvania where George Washington is said to have slept during the American Revolution. Connie takes Bill on an excursion through the countryside, which "accidentally" leads both of them past the house in question, with Connie hoping that Bill will fall in love with the house. When Connie surprises her husband with the news that they are the new owners of the house, Bill reacts differently than she expected, because the poor condition of the house puts him off. It's also very remote and he doesn't feel like commuting to the city all the time. But since the couple has no other place to stay, "thanks" to their dog, they move into this house with Connie's sister Madge. They hire a man named Kimber to help them with the renovations. In doing so, they discover that it wasn't Washington who slept here once, but the traitor Benedict Arnold . Since the financial reserves of the Fullers are gradually being exhausted due to the extensive work, they take another tenant into their house: Connie's nephew Raymond. His father is quite wealthy, so Connie hopes for a little support from her uncle Stanley.

On a rainy day, married actors Rena Leslie and Clayton Evans seek shelter with the Fullers during a storm. Madge falls in love with Clayton and plans to go out with him. Bill now also suspects that Connie could be unfaithful to him, because she has been with the local antique dealer Jeff Douglas a lot lately. When Bill confronts her, she explains that Jeff only helped her clear the ownership of the well and the access road, as her unfriendly neighbor Prescott claims they both belong to him. In the battle for ownership, Prescott manages to get Fuller's house foreclosed. He hopes to be able to buy the house cheaply at auction due to Fuller's loan debts. The Fullers are desperate to find ways to complete the renovations and avert foreclosure. They ask Stanley to support them financially, it turns out that he has been bankrupt since the Great Depression in 1929, which he had skillfully hidden. Instead, he helps them to enforce their rightful claim to the well and the access road. Everything turns for the better when the Fullers' dog digs up an old boot in the garden that contains a letter written by George Washington. With this precious historic find, the couple can raise the funds to finally complete the outstanding renovations and fend off Prescott's attempt to evict them.

Production, background, publication

Our Home is based on Moss Harts and George S. Kaufman's 1940 play George Washington Slept Here and was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment . Filming began in early April and lasted until mid-June 1942. Hattie McDaniel , who plays the Fullers' maid in the film, was the first black woman to win an Oscar .

The film premiered in New York on October 30, 1942. It was published in Mexico in January 1943, in Portugal in March 1945 and in France in July 1945. In Germany, the black and white production was first broadcast on August 3, 1991 on the ARD television program.

The film was also released in Belgium, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Poland and the Soviet Union.

Soundtrack

criticism

Cinema.de rated: "Predictable, but nice fun."

The lexicon of international films said: “Well played comedy with lots of slapstick interludes; not particularly profound, but quite entertaining. "

Award

Our Home Sweet Home was nominated for an Oscar in 1943 in the category “Best Set Design in a Black and White Film”. Max Parker , Mark-Lee Kirk and Casey Roberts were responsible for it. However, the Oscar went to Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little and the drama This Above All .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our daring home film review at Cinema.de (with 6 film images), accessed on January 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Our sweet home. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 5, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used