
It Started with Eve
1941 · Movie · Approved · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · 78% critics
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
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Details
- Years
- 1941
- Release date
- 1941-09-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (32 votes)
Themes
- musical
- playboy
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Musical Score · 1943 · nominated
Cast & crew

Deanna Durbin
as Anne Terry

Charles Laughton
as Jonathan Reynolds

Robert Cummings
as Johnny Reynolds Jr.

Guy Kibbee
as Bishop Maxwell

Margaret Tallichet
as Gloria Pennington

Catherine Doucet
as Mrs. Pennington

Walter Catlett
as Dr. Harvey

Charles Coleman
as Roberts

Leonard Elliott
as Henry Stebbins

Irving Bacon
as Raven
Directed by Henry Koster