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It Started with Eve

1941 · 90 min

A light, charming romantic comedy with musical numbers, mistaken identity, and a warm-hearted tone that keeps you smiling.

Tagline
The Most Romantic Riot Since Eve Gave Adam the Applesauce!
Overview
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
  • music
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, music
Directed by
Henry Koster
Written by
Norman Krasna, Leo Townsend
Starring
Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings, Guy Kibbee, Margaret Tallichet, Catherine Doucet, Walter Catlett, Charles Coleman
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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