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The Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film written by Preston Sturges, based on the 1930 play A jó tündér by Ferenc Molnár as translated and adapted by Jane Hinton, which was produced on Broadway in 1931. The film was directed by William Wyler and stars Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen .
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The Good Fairy: Directed by William Wyler. With Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen. A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
Written for the screen by Preston Sturges from a 1931 play by Ferenc Molnar, The Good Fairy (1935) is a charming tale of a wide-eyed lamb of a woman (Margaret Sullavan) who is released from a Budapest orphanage only to upend the lives of a waiter (Reginald Owen), a millionaire businessman (Frank Morgan) and a struggling lawyer (Herbert Marshall).
A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated. Young, naive, fairy-tale-loving Luisa Ginglebusher leaves the Budapest orphanage to become a movie usherette. Soon she befriends paternal waiter Detlaff and not-so-paternal Konrad, a meat-packing millionaire.
The Good Fairy. In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher (Margaret Sullavan) becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds ...
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- Romance, Comedy
- William Wyler
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Screenplay. In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing good deeds for others and maintaining her purity. Luisa's well-meaning lies get her caught between a lecherous businessman, Konrad, and a decent but confused doctor, Max Sporum.
The Good Fairy is a 1935 romantic comedy film written by Preston Sturges, based on the 1930 play A jó tündér by Ferenc Molnár as translated and adapted by Jane Hinton, which was produced on Broadway in 1931. The film was directed by William Wyler and stars Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan and Reginald Owen.
