Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More
Directed by	Joe May
Produced by	Maurice King (producer); Frank King (associate producer)
Written by	Alice Means Reeve (original story)
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	July 8, 1944;
Running time	79 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More is a 1944 American comedy/romance film starring Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, and featuring Robert Mitchum in an early role. Produced by King Brothers Productions, it was co-written by Philip Yordan and directed by the German-American director Joe May, and constitutes the final film directed by Joe May.[1] It was based on a short story purchased by the King Brothers.[2]

Plot

A young defense worker Kathie Aumont (Simone Simon) comes to Washington, D.C. only to find that her friend Sally, with whom she was going to live, is newly married. This leaves Kathie with nowhere to sleep. Luckily she falls in love with a newly inducted Marine, who gives her the key to his apartment. Unluckily he's also given keys to all his friends.

The wartime housing shortage in various large urban areas was a recurrent subject for American comedies during World War II. This film was distinctive in that it was a comedy-fantasy. On a train headed from her home province of Quebec to New York City at the film's beginning, Kathie accidentally spills salt. Deeply superstitious, she believes this condemns her to seven weeks of bad luck. She is correct, as she is thereafter pursued by a mischievous gremlin (voiced by an uncredited Mel Blanc) whom only she can see who does things such as tamper with her alarm clock.

The film's interest and charm derives in large part from its extremely varied cast of supporting players. Although Robert Mitchum's role in the film has come to be emphasized for marketing purposes, he was not yet a star and only appears in the last twenty minutes or so of the movie. Horror film staple Rondo Hatton speaks no lines and gets a laugh merely by appearing on screen briefly in a surprise appearance. Billy Laughlin, playing a child who lives in Simon's apartment building, was far better known at the time as "Froggy" in the Our Gang shorts, his only other film work.

Cast

Simone Simon as Kathie Aumont
James Ellison as Mike Burke
William Terry as Johnny Moore
Minna Gombell as Mrs. Collins
Chick Chandler as Jack
Alan Dinehart as Judge
Gladys Blake as Sally
Robert Mitchum as CPO Jeff Daniels
Dorothy Granger as Irene
Grady Sutton as George
Chester Clute as Mr. Collins
Fern Emmett as Shrew
Jerry Maren as Gremlin
Janet Shaw as Gladys
Charles Williams as Court Recorder
Rondo Hatton as The Undertaker
Billy Laughlin as Jerry Malone

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References

Turner Classic Movies
"Of Local Origin". New York Times. July 3, 1943. p. 11.

External links

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More on IMDb

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[1] Turner Classic Movies

[2] "Of Local Origin". New York Times. July 3, 1943. p. 11.