True to Life
“ONLY REAL LIFE COULD BE SO SCREWY! SO SENSATIONAL! SO GOOD!”
1943•NR•1h 34m•8.0•Released
Comedy
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
Director
George Marshall
Writer
Don Hartman, Harry Tugend
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Mary Martin
Bonnie Porter
Franchot Tone
Fletcher Marvin
Dick Powell
Link Ferris
Victor Moore
Pop Porter
Mabel Paige
Mom Porter
William Demarest
Uncle Jake
Clarence Kolb
Mr. Huggins
Beverly Hudson
Twips
Raymond Roe
Clem
Ernest Truex
Oscar Elkins
Harry Shannon
Mr. Mason
Stanley Andrews
Frank (Bakery Foreman) (uncredited)
Maxine Ardell
Girl (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
Man on Bus (uncredited)
Edna Bennett
Woman on Bus (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Paul Jones
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