The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

Infobox Film
name = The Devil and Miss Jones
imdb_id = 0033533


producer = Frank Ross
director = Sam Wood
writer = Norman Krasna
starring = Jean Arthur
Charles Coburn
cinematography = Harry Stradling, Sr.
editing = Sherman Todd |
distributor = RKO
released = May 11, 1941
runtime = 92 min.
language = English

"The Devil and Miss Jones" is a 1941 comedy film starring Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn. Directed by Sam Wood and scripted by Norman Krasna, the film was the product of an independent collaboration between Krasna and producer Frank Ross. Their short-lived production company released two films through RKO Radio Pictures ("Miss Jones" and 1943's "A Lady Takes a Chance"). The film was well-received by critics upon its release and garnered Academy Award nominations for Coburn and Krasna.

Plot

Cantankerous tycoon John P. Merrick (Charles Coburn) goes undercover as a shoe clerk at his own New York department store to identify agitators trying to form a union, after seeing a newspaper picture of his employees hanging him in effigy. He befriends fellow clerk Mary Jones (Jean Arthur) and her recently fired boyfriend Joe O'Brien (Robert Cummings), a labor union organizer. Through his firsthand experiences, he grows more sympathetic to the needs of his workers, while finding unexpected love with sweet-natured clerk Elizabeth Ellis (Spring Byington).

Cast

* Jean Arthur "as" Mary Jones
* Robert Cummings "as" Joe O'Brien
* Charles Coburn "as" John P. Merrick
* Edmund Gwenn "as" Hooper
* Spring Byington "as" Elizabeth Ellis
* S.Z. Sakall "as" George (Merrick's Butler)
* William Demarest "as" First Detective

Academy Award nominations

* Best Supporting Actor - Charles Coburn
* Best Original Screenplay - Norman Krasna

External links

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