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The Mating Season. Jump to. 2 wins & 2 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1952 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Thelma Ritter. Berlin International Film Festival. 1951 Winner Bronze Berlin Bear. Best Comedy. Mitchell Leisen. Golden Globes, USA. 1952 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Supporting Actress. Thelma Ritter. Laurel Awards.
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
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.
Two years later, this same screenwriting threesome would win the Oscar® for Best Screenplay for Titanic (1953). Thelma Ritter's nomination would be the only Oscar® recognition for The Mating Season. But Leisen would be honored with the Bronze Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, naming The Mating Season as Best Comedy.
- Mitchell Leisen, Oscar Rudolph
- Gene Tierney
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing.
Oct 24, 2019 · 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 sophisticated Maggie Carleton ...
- Comedy
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