Love Nest (1951)

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Release Date: Oct 10, 1951 Wide

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Love Nest is a thoroughly likeable formula comedy with a most engaging cast. William Lundigan plays Jim Scott, an aspiring writer who, together with his wife Connie (June Haver), moves into the basement of an apartment building that they've bought. Scott's hopes to keep financially solvent are thwarted by the everyday travails of maintaining the building and ministering to the needs of the tenants. The episodic plotline settles on the activities of charming con artist Charley Patterson (Frank

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Joseph M. Newman

Written By: I. A. L. Diamond

In Theaters: Oct 10, 1951 Wide

On DVD: Apr 20, 2004

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

June Haver
Connie Scott
William Lundigan
Jim Scott
Frank Fay
Charley Patterson
Marilyn Monroe
Roberta Stevens
Jack Paar
Ed Forbes
Leatrice Joy
Eadie Gaynor
Henry Kulky
George Thompson
Marie Blake
Mrs. Quigg
Patricia Miller
Florence
Maude Wallace
Mrs. Arnold
Joe Ploski
Mr. Hansen
Martha Wentworth
Mrs. Thompson
Faire Binney
Mrs. Frazier
Caryl Lincoln
Mrs. McNab
Michael Ross
Mr. McNab
Bob Jellison
Mr. Fain
John Costello
Postman
Charles Calvert
Mr. Knowland
Jack Daly
Mr. Clark
Ray Montgomery
Mr. Gray
Florence Auer
Mrs. Braddock
Edna Holland
Mrs. Engstrand
Alvin Hammer
Glazier
Elizabeth Slifer
Mrs. Healy
Clifton Young
Meter Reader
Tony DeMario
Wine Steward

Critic Reviews for Love Nest

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And Now, Here's Jack...on a Great DVD (published 4-21-04)

October 23, 2004 Full Review | Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Feels like a sitcom premise annexed by the big screen

May 7, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

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Nice older movie. I think I bought this one when I was going through a Marilyn Monroe phase (reading book about her life), but I never got around to watching it. Probably just as well - she is barely in it, and when she is, she is considerably overshadowed by June Haver. This is really just a nice little film. Kind

October 27, 2011