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President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
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- TriviaMGM originally planned to have Jean Harlow star in this film.
- GoofsThey are singing "Wait for the Wagon" on the hayride, but it wasn't written until 1850. "America" and "Listen to the Mockingbird" were not written at this time either.
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Daniel Webster: Well Miss Peggy, have you shaped any new political doctrines today?
Peggy Eaton: Ah Mr. Webster, I'm just an impressionable young woman.
- Crazy creditsPrologue: "This story of Peggy Eaton and her times is not presented as a precise account of either--rather, as fiction founded upon historical fact. Except for historically prominent personages, the characters are fictional. The city of Washington in 1823--heart of a country not yet a century old, not yet beyond an occasional growing pain."
- SoundtracksAmerica, My Country Tis of Thee
(uncredited)
Music by Lowell Mason
Music based on "God Save the King" written by Henry Carey
[Played in the opening scene as part of the score]
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As MGM As It Gets
Joan isn't all that gorgeous, only a halfhearted hussy, and not much of an actress, either--at least not here. Rather, she's a nice but confused innkeeper's daughter in 1820s Washington with love and politics on the brain. Mostly she lifts her considerable eyebrows up and down, up and down, to indicate joy, worry, bafflement, empathy, ecstasy... All the while she's pursued by most of the leading men of MGM circa 1936, for reasons best known to them, since there's nothing particularly fascinating about her character. This lengthy melodrama does have first-rate production values and intermittent good acting, especially from the quieter performers, Melvyn Douglas and (most of all) Beulah Bondi, as a gentle, pipe-smoking Mrs. Andrew Jackson. But as a historical romance it's rather listless, with a rote Snidely-Whiplash villain (Louis Calhern) and much nattering about states' rights. The conflicts feel painted-on. The ending feels hurried and contrived. And Joan always seems to be looking for her key light.
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- marcslope
- Jul 1, 2002
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- $1,119,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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