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The Mating Season is a 1951 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Mitchell Leisen, and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Charles Brackett, Richard Breen, and Walter Reisch, based on the play Maggie by Caesar Dunn. The ensemble cast stars Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, and Thelma Ritter.
- $1,625,000 (US rentals)
- Joseph J. Lilley
- Charles Brackett
The Mating Season: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter. Ellen McNulty loses her hamburger joint and goes to see her son, who marries a socialite at the same time.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen
- 1951-01-12
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Mating Season, The - (Original Trailer) Thelma Ritter pretends to be a cleaning lady to get to know her son's high-society in-laws in The Mating Season, 1951, also starring Gene Tierney and John Lund, directed by Mitchell Leisen.
- Mitchell Leisen, Oscar Rudolph
- Gene Tierney
The Mating Season. After working-class mother Ellen McNulty (Thelma Ritter) runs into financial troubles, she takes a trip to see her son, Val (John Lund), who is now married to the...
- Comedy
Summaries. Ellen McNulty loses her hamburger joint and goes to see her son, who marries a socialite at the same time. Due to her modest background and a case of mistaken identity, Ellen poses as the newlyweds' cook. Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride.