Over the Moon (1939 film)
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| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
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| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Edited by | Pat Wooley |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
19 October 1939 |
Running time |
78 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Over the Moon is a 1939 British Technicolor comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Merle Oberon, Rex Harrison, Ursula Jeans and Herbert Lomas.
Plot
Jane Benson is a lowly Yorkshire girl who lives simply, caring for her elderly, ailing uncle and not wishing for anything more. She takes a fancy to local doctor Freddie Jarvis, and she persuades him to marry her. Jane soon learns that she has inherited £18 million. She wants to travel across Europe with Freddie, but he wants to stay because he is dedicated to his patients. Jane leaves for Europe without Freddie and is followed by many suitors. Back in Yorkshire, Freddie becomes notorious as the man who declined £18 million, and the infamy hampers his ability to perform serious research.
Cast
- Merle Oberon as Jane Benson
- Rex Harrison as Dr. Freddie Jarvis
- Ursula Jeans as Millie
- Robert Douglas as John Flight (credited as playing The Unknown Man)
- Louis Borel as Pietro (credited as Louis Borrell)
- Zena Dare as Julie
- Peter Haddon as Lord Petcliffe
- David Tree as Journalist
- Mackenzie Ward as Guy
- Elisabeth Welch as Cabaret Singer
- Carl Jaffe as Michel
- Herbert Lomas as Ladbrooke
- Wilfred Shine as Frude
- Gerald Nodin as Cartwright
- Evelyn Ankers as Patient (uncredited)
- Ethel Griffies as Miss Bates (uncredited)
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dwight, the Sanitarium Spokesman (uncredited)
- Andreas Malandrinos as Father on Train (uncredited)