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The Devil and Miss Jones

1941 · 92 min

A charming, gentle screwball comedy that mixes warm humor with a light critique of class, making for an easy, feel-good watch.

Tagline
For folks who haven't laughed since 1929!
Overview
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • justice
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Sam Wood
Written by
Norman Krasna
Starring
Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington, S.Z. Sakall, William Demarest, Walter Kingsford
Cinematography
Harry Stradling Sr.
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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