Call It a Day

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Call It a Day

1937Movie1 h 30 minNR

64

DecentGoodWatch score

64

DecentGoodWatch score

Summary

The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.

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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 59GoodWatch 65
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most comedies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1937
April 17, 1937
89 years ago
Genre
Comedy
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 18 more
24 people
Directing · 2
Archie Mayo Director
Jack Sullivan Assistant Director
Writing · 2
Dodie Smith Writer
Casey Robinson Screenplay
Editing · 1
James Gibbon Editor
Sound · 2
Heinz Roemheld Music
Leo F. Forbstein Music Director
Art · 1
John Hughes Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Orry-Kelly Costume Design
Other crew · 1
Ernest Haller Cinematography

Tropes

The Eeyorein 294 titlesMrs. Milson, the parlor maid. She's introduced saying that her husband thinks he's been feeling better lately, but she knows he's still sick.Sleeping Singlein 352 titlesMaybe this is why the Hilton marriage feels stale! Roger and Dorothy sleep in separate beds like any good 1937 couple that somehow conceived three children.All 11 tropes

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