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'Without Reservations' is a 1946 RKO Radio Pictures American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claudette Colbert, John Wayne and Don DeFore. The film was adapted by Andrew Solt from the novel 'Thanks, God! I'll Take It From Here' by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston.

Plot



Successful author Christopher "Kit" Madden travels to Los Angeles to work on the film adaptation of her bestselling book 'Here is Tomorrow'. The film is supposed to star Cary Grant as the Army Air Forces pilot hero Mark Winston and Lana Turner, but Grant has withdrawn and the produce wants an unknown actor to play Winston. On a train to Hollywood, Kit meets two Marine pilots, captain "Rusty" Thomas and first lieutenant "Dink" Watson. She considers Rusty the best choice to play Winston, but he is dismissive of her book, as she wrote a political allegory and he does not believe that Grant would refuse Turner for 400 pages. Unsure how he will react if he discovers that she is a famous writer, she keeps her identity secret, saying that her name is Kitty Kloch. After they are expelled from the train for drunkenness in a remote prairie town, they trade Rusty's German war souvenir for a car. They are welcomed at the farm of a large Hispanic family whose daughter showers attention on Rusty, but they flee following a misunderstanding. When Rusty finally learns Kit's true identity, he thinks that she has been using him just so that he will appear in the film. However, they eventually reach Hollywood and resolve their differences.

Cast



* Claudette Colbert as Christopher "Kit" Madden

* John Wayne as Capt. "Rusty" Thomas

* Don DeFore as 1st Lt. "Dink" Watson

* Anne Triola as Consuela "Connie" Callaghan

* Phil Brown as soldier

* Frank Puglia as Ortega

* Thurston Hall as Henry Baldwin

* Dona Drake as Dolores Ortega

* Fernando Alvarado as Mexican boy

* Charles Arnt as salesman

* Louella Parsons as herself

* Frank Wilcox as Jack

* Sam McDaniel as Freddy

* Lisa Golm as Alma

'Cast notes:'

*Jack Benny, Dolores Moran, Raymond Burr and Cary Grant make uncredited cameo appearances, as does director Mervyn LeRoy.

Production



The film was originally budgeted at $1.1 million and was titled 'Thanks, God! I'll Take it from Here'.

The Arrowhead Pictures motion-picture studio shown in the opening shot is the actual RKO Radio Pictures building at 780 Gower Street in Hollywood.

Reception



The film returned a profit of $342,000.Richard B. Jewell, 'Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures', University of California Press, 2016,



See also



* John Wayne filmography

References




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