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'''''The Affairs of Martha''''' is a 1942 romantic comedy film directed by [[Jules Dassin]]. A young maid, Marsha Hunt, falls in love with Jeff Sommerfield and the two marry on impulse before he leaves for an anthropological trip. Before he leaves, he asks her to get the marriage annulled, but she does not do so. While he is away she takes night classes to improve her education and make herself more attractive to Jeff. As a project she writes a book about the lives of the hired help and finds a publisher. Leaked news about the book puts the local wealthy families into a tizzy, and there is a comic portrayal of the conflicting perspectives of the working class maids and the upper class families that employ them. When Jeff returns (thinking he is divorced) he brings his new fiancee with him, leading to a number of comedic plot twists. |
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'''''The Affairs of Martha''''' is a 1942 romantic comedy film directed by [[Jules Dassin]]. |
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The basic plot device of a "tell all" book about the upper class written from the perspective of one of its servants resurfaced, this time with racial as well as class themes, in the 2009 novel by [[Kathryn Stockett]], titled [[The Help]], which was also released as a movie in 2011. |
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Revision as of 20:07, 3 October 2011
| The Affairs of Martha | |
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| Directed by | Jules Dassin |
| Written by | Lee Gold Isobel Lennart |
| Produced by | Irving Starr |
| Starring | Marsha Hunt Richard Carlson Marjorie Main |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
The Affairs of Martha is a 1942 romantic comedy film directed by Jules Dassin. A young maid, Marsha Hunt, falls in love with Jeff Sommerfield and the two marry on impulse before he leaves for an anthropological trip. Before he leaves, he asks her to get the marriage annulled, but she does not do so. While he is away she takes night classes to improve her education and make herself more attractive to Jeff. As a project she writes a book about the lives of the hired help and finds a publisher. Leaked news about the book puts the local wealthy families into a tizzy, and there is a comic portrayal of the conflicting perspectives of the working class maids and the upper class families that employ them. When Jeff returns (thinking he is divorced) he brings his new fiancee with him, leading to a number of comedic plot twists.
The basic plot device of a "tell all" book about the upper class written from the perspective of one of its servants resurfaced, this time with racial as well as class themes, in the 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett, titled The Help, which was also released as a movie in 2011.
Cast
- Marsha Hunt - Martha Linddstrom
- Richard Carlson - Jeff Sommerfield
- Marjorie Main - Mrs. McKessic
- Virginia Weidler - Mirand Sommerfield
- Spring Byington - Sophia Sommerfield
- Allyn Joslyn - Joel Archer
- Frances Drake - Sylvia Norwood
- Barry Nelson - Danny O'Brien
- Melville Cooper - Dr. Clarence Sommerfield
- Inez Cooper - Mrs. Jacell
- Sara Haden - Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
- Margaret Hamilton - Guinevere
- Ernest Truex - Llewellyn Castle
- Cecil Cunningham - Mrs. Llewellyn Castle
- William B. Davidson - Homer Jacell
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