Classic Film Guide

Without Reservations (1946)

A so so story about a writer (Claudette Colbert) who writes a novel that becomes the rage. On her way (by train, and then car) to Hollywood, where her book is to be made into a movie, she meets the perfect unknown man (John Wayne), and military officer, to portray her protagonist on-screen. Unfortunately for her, without knowing who she is, he shares his view that the ideas expressed in her popular book are nonsense. However, an unlikely romance develops between the two which leads to many silly interactions. Don DeFore who plays the Duke's fellow Marine pal, Donna Drake who plays a sexy Mexican (and Frank Puglia’s daughter) they meet along the way, providing a jealousy angle, and Louella Parsons who appears as herself, are among those who lend their support to this below average romantic comedy. Cary Grant, uncredited, appears briefly in a Hollywood dance scene. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, from the novel Thanks, God! I'll Take It From Here by Jane Allen and Mae Livingston that was adapted by Andrew Solt.

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