''It Comes Up Love'' is a 1943
American
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,
black and white
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musical comedy
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starring
Gloria Jean
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Ian Hunter, and
Donald O'Connor
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule.
His best ...
. It is the only film starring Jean and O'Connor that doesn't also star
Peggy Ryan
Margaret O'Rene Ryan (August 28, 1924 – October 30, 2004) was an American dancer and actress, best known for starring in a series of movie musicals at Universal Pictures with Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean.
Career
Ryan joined her paren ...
, another one of the talented teenagers at
Universal Studios
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Cast
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Gloria Jean
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as Victoria Peabody
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Ian Hunter as Tom Peabody
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Donald O'Connor
Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule.
His best ...
as Ricky Ives
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Frieda Inescort
Frieda Inescort (born Frieda Wrightman, 29 June 1901 – 26 February 1976) was a Scottish-born actress best known for creating the role of Sorel Bliss in Noël Coward's play ''Hay Fever'' on Broadway. She also played the shingled lady in Joh ...
as Portia Winthrop
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Louise Allbritton
Louise Allbritton (July 3, 1920 – February 16, 1979) was an American film and stage actress born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her name was sometimes seen as Louise Albritton.
She played in such films as ''Pittsburgh'' (1942), '' Who Done It?'' ...
as Edie Ives
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Mary Lou Harrington
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as Constance Peabody
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Raymond Roe as Carleton Winthrop
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Charles Coleman as Tilton
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Leon Belasco
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Musi ...
as Orchestra Leader
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Beatrice Roberts
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Early years
Roberts was born on March 7, 1905, in New York City. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Roberts, and she attended Winthrop High S ...
as Bernice
* unbilled players include
Mantan Moreland
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E ...
Reception
The ''New York Times'' called it "a modest bit of comedy and romance... a fairly amusing film."
[THE SCREEN
By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times 22 Jan 1943: 25.]
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1943 films
Films directed by Charles Lamont
Films scored by Frank Skinner
American black-and-white films
Universal Pictures films
1943 musical comedy films
American musical comedy films
1940s American films
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