• On Our Merry Way (1948)

    Oliver (Burgess Meredith) is a newspaper classified ads clerk, not the roving reporter he leads his wife, Martha (Paulette Goddard), to believe. But when Martha suggests an interview question, Oliver scrambles to make his deception a reality. He fools an editor into assigning him a story on how babies have changed interviewees' lives. On his quest for answers, two musicians (James Stewart, Henry Fonda), a famous actress (Dorothy Lamour) and a magician (Fred MacMurray) offer amusing responses.

On Our Merry Way

Release Date: 1948

DVD Release Date: June 6th, 2000

Not Yet Rated |1 hr 47 min

Plot Summary

Oliver (Burgess Meredith) is a newspaper classified ads clerk, not the roving reporter he leads his wife, Martha (Paulette Goddard), to believe. But when Martha suggests an interview question, Oliver scrambles to make his deception a reality. He fools an editor into assigning him a story on how babies have changed interviewees' lives. On his quest for answers, two musicians (James Stewart, Henry Fonda), a famous actress (Dorothy Lamour) and a magician (Fred MacMurray) offer amusing responses.

Cast: Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Hugh Herbert, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore, Eilene Janssen

Director: King Vidor , Leslie Fenton

Genres: Comedy

Keywords: Wife, Relationships, Los Angeles, Deception, 1940s, Lighthearted, Quest, Amusing

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