''Affectionately Yours'' is a 1941 American
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typic ...
film directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director he made films in virtually all genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, an ...
and starring
Merle Oberon,
Dennis Morgan, and
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...
.
Plot
Foreign correspondent Rickey Mayberry (
Dennis Morgan) hurriedly flies back from Portugal to the U.S. to keep his wife from divorcing him, but he's followed on the flight by love interest Irene Malcolm (
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...
). Mayberry's wife Sue (
Merle Oberon) has indeed divorced him, although she still loves him. The comedy of errors is compounded by Irene and also by Rickey's boss (
James Gleason), who both conspire to keep the couple apart.
Cast
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Merle Oberon as Sue Mayberry
*
Dennis Morgan as "Rickey" Mayberry
*
Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...
as Irene Malcolm
*
Ralph Bellamy as Owen Wright
*
George Tobias as Pasha
*
James Gleason as "Chet" Phillips
*
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, ...
as Cynthia the cook
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Jerome Cowan as "Pappy" Cullen
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Butterfly McQueen as Butterfly
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Renie Riano as Mrs. Snell
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Frank Wilcox as "Tommy"
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Grace Stafford as "Chickie" Anderson
* Carmen Morales as Anita
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Murray Alper as Blair
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William Haade as Matthews
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Pat Flaherty as Harmon
*
James Flavin as Tomassetti
Cast notes
* Uncredited actors in the film include
Dorothy Adams
Dorothy Adams (January 8, 1900 – March 16, 1988) was an American character actress of stage, film, and television.
Early years
Adams was born in Hannah, North Dakota. She later moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and was educated there.
...
,
Sidney Bracey
Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. After a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain, he performed in more than 320 films between 1909 and 1942.
Early li ...
,
Glen Cavender,
Gino Corrado,
Charles Drake,
Faye Emerson,
Frank Faylen,
Mary Field,
Edward Gargan,
Fred Graham,
Creighton Hale,
Stuart Holmes,
William Hopper,
George Meeker
George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character film and Broadway actor.
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Meeker made several films such as '' Crime, Inc.'' (1945) and '' A Thief in the Dark' ...
,
Jack Mower,
Wedgwood Nowell,
Alexis Smith, and
Craig Stevens.
External links
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Turner Classic Movies page*
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1941 films
Films directed by Lloyd Bacon
Warner Bros. films
1941 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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