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1943 film by George Marshall
True to Life
is a 1943 American
comedy film
directed by
George Marshall
and starring
Mary Martin
,
Franchot Tone
and
Dick Powell
.
[1]
The film features three songs by
Hoagy Carmichael
with lyrics by
Johnny Mercer
.
[2]
Plot
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Writers Fletcher Marvin and Link Ferris must improve their scripts for a radio drama or face the wrath of their sponsor, a major
soap
company. Going in different directions, Fletcher heads to "bright lights and lovely ladies", while Link meets the Porter family and falls in love with their daughter, Bonnie.
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She mistakenly believes that he is unemployed and poor, and takes him back to lodge at her house while he seeks work. He meets her family including her eccentric
inventor
father and gruff, layabout uncle. He begins using them as characters in his new radio show, which rapidly becomes an enormous hit. He has to do everything he can to prevent the family finding out that he is turning their everyday lives and conversations into entertainment, a task not helped when his writing partner Fletcher turns up believing that the show could do with the plot development of a romantic rival.
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