''Ladies' Man'' is a 1947 American

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directed by William D. Russell and written by

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, Jack Rose and Lewis Meltzer. The film stars

Eddie Bracken Edward Vincent Bracken (February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002) was an American actor. Bracken became a Hollywood comedy legend with lead performances in the films ''Hail the Conquering Hero'' and ''The Miracle of Morgan's Creek'' both from ...

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, Virginia Welles,

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, Johnny Coy and

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. The film was released on February 7, 1947, by

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Plot

Cast

as Henry Haskell *

as Geraldine Ryan *

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as Jean Mitchell *

as Spike Jones *Johnny Coy as Johnny O'Connor *

as Gladys Hayden *

Lewis Russell Lewis Lord Russell (born George Lewis Lord, September 10, 1889 – November 12, 1961) was an American actor of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s who starred in a number of vaudeville shows, Broadway dramas and Hollywood films, including the Academy Aw ...

as David Harmon *

Georges Renavent Georges Renavent (born Georges DeChaux, April 23, 1892 – January 2, 1969) was a French-American actor in film, Broadway plays and operator of American Grand Guignol. He was born in Paris, France. In 1914, he immigrated to the United Stat ...

as Mr. Jones *Roberta Jonay as Miss Miller * Gordon Richards as Mr. Bolton *The City Slickers as Spike Jones' Band

Reception

A. W. of ''

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'' said, "Whatever may be one's opinion about ''Ladies Man'', it cannot be said that Eddie Bracken, its star, is miscast. For this singularly simple little item from Paramount, which began a stand at the Gotham on Saturday, makes full use of Mr. Bracken's cherubic appearance. As a bumpkin from Badger, Okla., who suddenly becomes an oil millionaire and comes to New York for the inevitable fling, Mr. Bracken is to the manner born. He is a reluctant Romeo—shy, gullible and frustrated. But the ensuing yarn about his involvements with a radio program and several predatory females, is corn from the bottom of the crib. The chuckles in this comedy are widely spaced and hardly keep pace with its tedium."

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* 1947 films 1947 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films Films directed by William D. Russell Paramount Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub