That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge
That Wonderful Urge
Directed by	Robert B. Sinclair
Written by	Jay Dratler
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck ; Fred Kohlmar
Starring	Gene Tierney; Tyrone Power ; Reginald Gardiner
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke
Edited by	Louis Loeffler
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 25, 1948;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,650,000

That Wonderful Urge is a 1948 American screwball comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney and Reginald Gardiner.^[3]^[4] Produced by 20th Century Fox, it is a remake of Love Is News (1937) which starred Power and Loretta Young.

Plot

Newspaper reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler writes a series of unflattering articles under the title "The Life and Loves of Sara Farley", infuriating the wealthy grocery-store heiress target of his stories. He impersonates a small-town newspaper manager named Tom Thomas, who is sympathetic to her plight and gets her to talk about herself. He finds her down to earth, and he writes a much different article about her. However, Sara finds out about the deception and tells the press that the two of them got married and that she gave him $1 million. When Duffy, Tom's editor, reads the story, he promptly fires Tom. Hijinks ensue as Tom tries to clear himself. Eventually, he sues Sara for libel, just when she begins to see a different side to him. The case is thrown out of court as a couple's issue. The judge's remarks makes Tom realize his actual feelings for Sara. He goes to Sara's house and waits for her to declare his feelings. It turns out she also has feelings for him. He asks if they were really married. She replies "let's get married again".

Cast

Gene Tierney as Sara Farley
Tyrone Power as Thomas Jefferson Tyler
Reginald Gardiner as Count Andre De Guyon
Arleen Whelan as Jessica Woods
Lucile Watson as Aunt Cornelia Farley
Gene Lockhart as Judge Parker
Lloyd Gough as Duffy, Chronicle Editor
Porter Hall as Attorney Ketchell
Richard Gaines as Whitson - Farley's Executive
Taylor Holmes as Attorney Rice
Chill Wills as Homer Beggs, Justice of the Peace in Monroe Township

Notes

^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223
^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
^ Variety film review; November 24, 1948, page 6.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; November 27, 1948, page 190.

External links

That Wonderful Urge at IMDb
That Wonderful Urge at the TCM Movie Database
That Wonderful Urge at AllMovie

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[1] Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223

[top-2] "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.

[3] Variety film review; November 24, 1948, page 6.

[4] Harrison's Reports film review; November 27, 1948, page 190.

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