Never a Dull Moment
1950  NR  COMEDY  1h 29min
CAST— Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Divine, Gigi Perreau, Natalie Wood, Philip Ober, Ann Doran
MUSIC— Frederick Hollander  DIRECTOR— George Marshall  BASED ON— Who Could Ask for Anything More? (book), by Kay Swift

     Another starring vehicle for the always charming Irene Dunne, delivered during the latter part of her career. This time around the film is less than memorable as she plays a glamorous singer/songwriter, the toast of New York, who marries a backwater rancher/rodeo rider from rural Wyoming. A standard fish-out-of-water tale emerges as this city dweller tries to transition to life on the ranch, life as a housewife and cook, and living as a stepmother. Soon the ranch faces adversity from a neighboring competitor and she must make the decision between staying on the farm or continuing her once prominent career in the city. The laughs are pretty much nil, but the highlight of the film is Andy Divine’s scene stealing performance as a cantankerous farmhand.
OUR RATING— * ½