The Moon's Our Home

Produced byWalter WangerStarringCinematographyJoseph A. ValentineEdited byDorothy SpencerMusic byGerard CarbonaraDistributed byParamount Pictures80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$402,573^[1]Box office$417,663^[1]

The Moon's Our Home is a 1936 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullavan and Walter Brennan. It was adapted from a novel of the same name written by Faith Baldwin and first published in serial form in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Plot

New York novelist Anthony Amberton meets up with actress Cherry Chester. The two date and later marry, though neither knows of the other's fame. The real adventure begins on the honeymoon, when their relationship heats up with insults and arguments.

Cast

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $111,845.^[1]

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a good review, describing it as "a trivial charming comedy". Greene praised Dorothy Parker's comedy writing and the acting of Margaret Sullavan and Henry Fonda for providing "the sense of something fresh and absurd and civilized".^[2]

On radio

Lux Radio Theatre aired a one-hour adaptation of the film on February 10, 1941, with James Stewart and Carole Lombard in the leading roles.^[3]

References

External links

• The Moon's Our Home at IMDb
• The Moon's Our Home at the TCM Movie Database