Moon Over Her Shoulder
Cast & Crew
Alfred Werker
Lynn Bari
John Sutton
Dan Dailey Jr.
Alan Mowbray
Leonard Carey
Film Details
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Synopsis
Despite the success of his advice book, Make Your Marriage a Going Concern , Philip Rossiter, a doctor of philosophy, is unaware that his wife Susan desperately yearns for more romance in their own marriage. When Philip insists on sending their six-year-old twin daughters to summer camp, Susan thinks that he intends for them to have a second honeymoon, but instead he goes on working as usual. When Susan voices her frustration, Philip assumes that she needs an outside interest and urges her to take up painting. The next day, hoping to please Philip, Susan dutifully takes her paints and easel to a nearby bridge, where Rex Gibson sees her as he drives by and thinks that she is going to commit suicide. Rex grabs her, and, believing that she will try again, puts her into the front seat of his car and takes her to the harbor where his charter boat, the Zoa III , is docked. Grover Sloan, Rex's primary customer, is ready to leave on a pre-booked fishing trip, so Rex chains Susan below so that she will not escape or bother him. Dusty Rhodes, Rex's first mate, befriends Susan and takes over her painting. She accidentally knocks the boat off course, but in doing so, helps Grover hook a large swordfish. Having decided that Susan brings him good luck, Grover orders Rex to bring her on all of their fishing trips. That night, Philip does not listen to Susan's description of her day, and out of pique, she accompanies Rex and Grover, who do not know that she is married, on their voyages for the next week. Susan enjoys her time on the ocean and does not realize that Rex, who previously was an avowed woman hater, has fallen in love with her. One evening, after Susan returns home, she realizes that she has forgotten her and Philip's seventh wedding anniversary. She gives him a barometer that she had intended to give to Rex, then accompanies him to the yacht club for a party in their honor. Rex is there also, and Susan spends the evening trying to keep him and Philip apart. Susan is shaken when Rex proposes, and the next day, decides to ask Philip anonymously for help. She writes to him about her problem, and on the day he reads her letter on his radio show, Grover takes Rex to the studio in the hope that Philip can help him with Susan. Rex recognizes himself and Susan from the letter, and when he discusses the situation with Philip, Philip also realizes that Susan wrote the letter. Philip then invites Rex over to the house, and that night, Susan is infuriated by their cold discussion of who should get her. Stating that she does not want either of them, Susan moves into a hotel and refuses to see them. When both Rex and Philip arrive at the hotel one day to see Susan, Philip's professional demeanor finally fails him, and he and Rex get into a fistfight. Philip wins and demands that his wife return home with him, and Susan, impressed that he fought for her, agrees. Soon after, Susan picks up her daughters and assures them that she had a wonderful time while they were gone.
Director
Alfred Werker
Cast
Lynn Bari
John Sutton
Dan Dailey Jr.
Alan Mowbray
Leonard Carey
Irving Bacon
Joyce Compton
Lillian Yarbo
Eula Guy
Shirley Hill
Sylvia Arslan
John Butler
Kay Linaker
Pat O'malley
William Halligan
Lester Dorr
Jack Chefe
Ed Mortimer
Florence Shirley
Arthur Hoyt
Minerva Urecal
Trude Marson
Florence Wright
Vivien Oakland
George O'hanlon
Robert Cornell
Robert Conway
Crew
Lucien Andriot
Harry Brand
Walter Bullock
Walter Bullock
Lewis Creber
Richard Day
William Eckhardt
Eve Golden
Herschel
Arthur Von Kirbach
William Koenig
Harry M. Leonard
Thomas Little
Ray C. Moore
Walter Morosco
Alfred Newman
Emil Newman
Helen Vreeland Smith
J. Watson Webb Jr.
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Notes
The working titles of this film were Dangerous But Passable and Detour to Love. Motion Picture Herald Prod Digest release charts incorrectly list the picture as Moonlight Over Her Shoulder. According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, writers Eve Golden and Helen Vreeland Smith were secretaries at Twentieth Century-Fox at the time of the film's production. Dan Daily was borrowed from M-G-M for the picture. According to the Twentieth Century-Fox Records of the Legal Department at the UCLA Arts-Special Collections Library, the boat used in the film, the Zoa III, was owned by actor Preston Foster, and the bridge from which "Rex Gibson" thinks "Susan Rossiter" is going to jump is the San Rafael Bridge in Pasadena, CA.
