Claudette Colbert
Edwina Corday
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Plot. Private detective Guy Johnson is well paid to watch over Willie Heyward, a wealthy man who likes to drink a bit too much and gets into trouble as a result. However, when Heyward's recent ex-girlfriend, Dolores Gonzalez, makes a public nuisance of herself over their relationship, a drunk Heyward goes to see her, not knowing it is a setup.
It's a Wonderful World: Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. With Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton. When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- W.S. Van Dyke
- 1939-05-19
I enjoyed parts of It's a Wonderful World, but Life is better. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review Steve D Good premise, great cast, bad script.
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- W. S. Van Dyke II
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
- Claudette Colbert
It's a Wonderful World was Colbert's first film at MGM, but her dreams of getting the Metro glamour treatment were dashed when director W.S. Van Dyke was assigned to the picture. Although he had helped create the screwball genre as director of The Thin Man in 1934, he was popular with studio head Louis B. Mayer mainly because he worked quickly ...
Heyward is framed for the murder of his ex-girlfriend by his new wife, Vivian (Frances Drake) and her lover, Al Mallon (Sidney Blackmer). Guy attempts to shield Heyward so he can catch the real culprits, but both are captured and sent to prison, with Heyward to be executed. Armed with a clue of a half of a dime, Guy escapes the police, but ...
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It's a Wonderful World (1939) This comedy caper stars James Stewart and Claudette Colbert about an on-the-lam private detective who enlists the help of a poetess in order to prove his client innocent. 525 IMDb 6.8 1 h 25 min 1939. X-Ray ALL.
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