The More the Merrier (1943)

Plot Summary

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA (1944)

Oscar 1944

Nominated

Best Writing, Original Story

Frank Ross Robert Russell

Oscar 1944

Nominated

Best Writing, Screenplay

Richard Flournoy Lewis R. Foster Frank Ross Robert Russell

Oscar 1944

Nominated

Best Picture