- Without Reservations
Infobox Film
name = Without Reservations
caption = Theatrical poster
director =Mervyn LeRoy
producer =Jesse L. Lasky
Walter MacEwen
writer =Jane Allen (novel)Mae Livingston (novel)Andrew Solt
starring =Claudette Colbert
John Wayne
Don DeFore
music =Roy Webb
cinematography =Milton R. Krasner
editing =Jack Ruggiero
distributor =RKO Radio Pictures
released =13 May 1946
runtime = 107 min
country = flagicon|USA U.S.
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:54990
imdb_id = 039110"Without Reservations" is a 1946 film made by
RKO Radio Pictures , directed byMervyn LeRoy , and starringClaudette Colbert andJohn Wayne .The opening shot shows "Arrowhead" Pictures motion picture studio. This is the actual
RKO Pictures Studio Building at 780 Gower Street inHollywood , retouched with "Arrowhead" replacing the RKO signs on the building. It remains a historic structure on the corner to this day.Plot
Best-selling author Kit Madden is on her way to Hollywood to work on the screen adaptation of her latest novel. On the train, she finds her plans drastically altered when she meets a happy-go-lucky Marine, Rusty Thomas, who is the ideal hero for her film. During Madden's pursuit of Thomas and his Marine buddy as they travel across America to their Marine base, she falls in love with him. After many adventures and misunderstandings, Thomas believes that Madden does not really love him and has been merely using him for some fun. However, due to the efforts of his buddy, the couple are finally brought together.
Cast
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Claudette Colbert as Christopher 'Kit' Madden
*John Wayne as Capt. 'Rusty' Thomas
*Don DeFore as 1st Lt. 'Dink' Watson
*Anne Triola as Consuela 'Connie' Callaghan
*Phil Brown as Soldier
*Frank Puglia as Ortega
*Thurston Hall as Henry Baldwin
*Dona Drake as Dolores Ortega
*Fernando Alvarado as Mexican boy
*Charles Arnt as Salesman
*Louella Parsons as Herself
*Frank Wilcox as JackJack Benny andCary Grant make uncreditedcameo appearances , as does directorMervyn LeRoy .ee also
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John Wayne filmography (1941-1960) External links
*imdb title|id=039110|title=Without Reservations
*tcmdb title|id=96061|title=Without Reservations
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