On This Day...Without Reservations (1946)

Today saw the release of Without Reservations in 1946, featuring a cameo appearance by Cary Grant as himself.

Summary:

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.

Cast:

Claudette Colbert...Kit Madden
John Wayne...Captain 'Rusty' Thomas
Don DeFore...Lieutenant 'Dink' Watson
Anne Triola...Connie
Phil Brown...Soldier
Frank Puglia...Ortega
Thurston Hall...Baldwin
Dona Drake...Dolores Ortega
Fernando Alvarado...Mexican Boy
Charles Arnt...Salesman
Louella Parsons...Louella Parsons (as Miss Louella Parsons)

Cary Grant...Cary Grant (uncredited) 

Did You Know?

The opening shot shows "Arrowhead" Pictures motion picture studio. This is the actual RKO Pictures Studio Building at 780 Gower Street in Hollywood, retouched with "Arrowhead" replacing the RKO signs on the building. It remains a historic structure on the corner to this day.

Claudette Colbert's character travels to Hollywood to make a movie from her best-selling novel. Already cast is Lana Turner in the female lead. She meets John Wayne's character and decides to take him for a screen test, as the perfect type to play the male lead. Wayne would later star with Turner in The Sea Chase (1955).

Quotes

Rusty: Everything she's doing, she's doing to make me jealous.
Dink: To make you jealous?
Rusty: And you know what I'm gonna do about it?
Dink: Get jealous.
Rusty: I am. Take a letter.
Dink: Yes, captain.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

Produced by RKO Radio Pictures.

Running Time: 107 minutes.

Artwork by Rebekah Hawley of Studio 36.