My Life with Caroline
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| Directed by | Lewis Milestone |
| Produced by | Lewis Milestone Ronald Colman William Hawks |
| Screenplay by |
John Van Druten Arnold Belgard |
| Based on |
LeTrain pour Venise by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Anna Lee Charles Winninger Reginald Gardiner Gilbert Roland |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
| Edited by | Henry Berman |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (1941 theatrical) C&C Television Corp. (1955 television) |
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $503,000 |
| Box office | $830,000 |
My Life with Caroline is a 1941 comedy film starring Ronald Colman and Anna Lee in a screenplay by John Van Druten and Arnold Belgard, directed by Lewis Milestone for RKO Radio Pictures. and represents Anna Lee's second Hollywood film, and her debut in a Hollywood star role.
In 1940, William Hawks (brother of film director Howard Hawks), along with Ronald Colman, Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Lewis Milestone, and Anatole Litvak, founded United Producers Corporation. The company intended to make 10 films for RKO. My Life With Caroline was the first of five that were to star Colman. The film's screenplay was written by John Van Druten and Arnold Belgard, adapted from the 1938 Louis Verneuil French film The Train for Venice which was itself based upon the stage play LeTrain pour Venise written by Verneuil and Georges Berr. Director Milestone has tested actresses Miriam Hopkins, Paulette Goddard, and Jean Arthur for the role of Caroline but decided on Anna Lee after seeing her in footage from Robert Stevenson's Young Man's Fancy. While Anna Lee's first Hollywood film was Seven Sinners (1940), in it she was cast in a supporting role.My Life With Caroline represents her debut in a starring role.
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