The Devil and Miss Jones Page #9

Synopsis: Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. Not realizing his true identity, he's befriended by Mary Jones and Joe O'Brien, the two ringleaders, and Elizabeth Ellis, a charming older woman with whom he develops a romance.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Sam Wood
Production: RKO Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1941
92 min
369 Views


Elizabeth, money isn't everything.

You could learn to love me.

Mary, you see my side of it.

Say something!

Joe!

Hey, that's my wife you've got there.

This one's yours.

Ignore him. Haha

We're having a swell time, Mr Merrick.

Glad you are, Mr...Mr Felspar.

Mens clothing, 3rd floor.

Lovely dress, Mary.

Our debutante model, 27/75.

You remember Mrs. Craig, lingerie, 5th floor?

Mr. Martin, hardware, basement?

Mr. Merrick.

How do you do?

Do you remember everybody's name in the store.

Almost everybody.

Oh, aren't they having a wonderful time!

Indeed.

He's alright!

Who's alright?

Merrick's alright!

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Gee, this is wonderful!

I can't believe that we're really

going to Honolulu.

Which nobody can deny

Which nobody can deny

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Which nobody can deny!

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Which nobody can deny!

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Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna also directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, a film he also directed. more…

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