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Having Wonderful Time

Year:

1938

Duration:

70 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Alfred Santell

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1938-07-01

Filming Locations: Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

Ginger Rogers

Teddy

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Chick

Peggy Conklin

Fay

Lucille Ball

Miriam

Lee Bowman

Buzzy

Eve Arden

Henrietta

Dorothea Kent

Maxine

Red Skelton

Itchy (as Richard 'Red' Skelton)

Donald Meek

P.U. Rogers

Jack Carson

Emil Beatty

Clarence Wilson

Mr. G (as Clarence H. Wilson)

Allan Lane

Mac

Grady Sutton

Gus

Shimen Ruskin

Shrimpo

Dorothy Tree

Frances

Leona Roberts

Mrs. Shaw

Harlan Briggs

Mr. Shaw

Inez Courtney

Emma

Juanita Quigley

Mabel

Ben Carter

(scenes deleted)

Etienne Girardot

Mr. G (scenes deleted)

Margaret Seddon

Mrs. G (scenes deleted)

Hooper Atchley

Subway Rider (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Subway Rider Bumped by Teddy (uncredited)

Baby Peggy

Extra (uncredited)

Lynn Bailey

Extra (uncredited)

Wesley Barry

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Mary Bovard

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Stanley Brown

Camp Guest Arriving Later (uncredited)

Elise Cavanna

Office Supervisor (uncredited)

George Cooper

Camp Maintenance Man (uncredited)

William Corson

Camp Waiter (uncredited)

Cynthia Hobard Fellows

Extra (uncredited)

Frances Gifford

Salesgirl (uncredited)

Russell Gleason

Camp Waiter (uncredited)

Vera Gordon

Tenement Neighbor (uncredited)

Ben Hall

Camp Waiter (uncredited)

Mary Jane Irving

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Dean Jagger

Charlie - Emma's Husband (uncredited)

Marjorie Kane

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Florence Lake

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Vickie Lester

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Margaret McWade

Mrs. G (uncredited)

George Meeker

Subway Masher (uncredited)

Ann Miller

Vivian - Camp Guest Next to Itchy in His First Routine (uncredited)

Dorothy Moore

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Cleo Morgan

Camper (uncredited)

Marie Osborne

Extra (uncredited)

Robert Parrish

Extra (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

Camp Waiter (uncredited)

Steve Putnam

Extra (uncredited)

Betty Jane Rhodes

Singer (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Subway Masher (uncredited)

Kay Sutton

Camp Guest (uncredited)

Tommy Watkins

Extra (uncredited)

Robert Weldon

Extra (uncredited)

Kirk Windsor

Henry (uncredited)

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Trivia

In the original Broadway play, all the principle characters were Jewish. (In the early and mid 20th century, Catskill Mountain resorts like the one depicted in the story were vacation hot spots for East Coast Jews.) Because of anti-Semitism in America at the time, all references to Jewish-American culture (including the last names of many of the characters) were either removed or altered. For instance, in the adaptation process, the play's lead characters, Teddy Stern and Chick Kessler, were among a half dozen or so characters who were given names that were more Christian-sounding -- Teddy Shaw and Chick Kirkland. As Leonard Maltin puts it in his yearly movie guide: "[T]he original's satiric depiction of Jewish New Yorkers is completely homogenized."