The Marrying Kind

The Marrying Kind
Directed by	George Cukor
Produced by	Bert Granet
Written by	Garson Kanin Ruth Gordon
Starring	Judy Holliday Aldo Ray Madge Kennedy
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	February 1952
Running time	92 min.
Language	English
Box office	$1.7 million (US rentals)[1]

The Marrying Kind is a 1952 film directed by George Cukor, starring Aldo Ray and Judy Holliday. Other cast members include John Alexander, Charles Bronson, Peggy Cass, Barry Curtis, Tom Farrell, Frank Ferguson, Ruth Gordon (who co-wrote the screenplay with Garson Kanin), Gordon Jones, Madge Kennedy, Nancy Kulp, Mickey Shaughnessy, and Joan Shawlee.

Plot summary

The ups and downs of marriage and commitment are realized as a disgruntled and grieving couple recount their marriage to the divorce judge. As the judge attempts to decipher whether or not their love for one another is gone, key moments of their lives together are remembered in this witty comedy/drama.

Cast

• Judy Holliday as Florrie Keefer
• Aldo Ray as Chet Keefer
• Madge Kennedy as Judge Anne B. Carroll
• Sheila Bond as Joan Shipley
• John Alexander as Howard Shipley
• Rex Williams as George Bastian
• Phyllis Povah as Mrs. Derringer
• Mickey Shaughnessy as Pat Bundy
• Griff Barnett as Charley

References

1. 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953

External links

• The Marrying Kind at the Internet Movie Database
• The Marrying Kind at AllMovie
• The Marrying Kind at the TCM Movie Database
• The Marrying Kind at the American Film Institute Catalog