Sitting Pretty.
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A comedy about a cultured gentleman who accepts the job of baby-sitting for an harassed young couple, demonstrates his own original theories of home management, and succeeds in poking fun at suburbanites.
Lawyer Harry (Robert Young) and his wife Tacey King (Maureen O'Hara) have trouble retaining a nanny for their three young rambunctious boys. When the latest in a string of servants quits, Tacey advertises and hires Lynn Belvedere sight unseen, only to find out that Lynn is a dapper older man (Clifton Webb) Despite their misgivings, the Kings reluctantly agree to a trial period with the nanny. When Harry has to go away on a business trip, he agrees to take the baby and sleep over each night at the home of
Lawyer Harry (Robert Young) and his wife Tacey King (Maureen O'Hara) have trouble retaining a nanny for their three young rambunctious boys. When the latest in a string of servants quits, Tacey advertises and hires Lynn Belvedere sight unseen, only to find out that Lynn is a dapper older man (Clifton Webb) Despite their misgivings, the Kings reluctantly agree to a trial period with the nanny. When Harry has to go away on a business trip, he agrees to take the baby and sleep over each night at the home of
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© Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 10Mar48; LP2006.
Complete catalog record
SITTING PRETTY. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., c1948. 84 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a novel by Gwen Davenport. Summary: A comedy about a cultured gentleman who accepts the job of baby-sitting for an harassed young couple, demonstrates his own original theories of home management, and succeeds in poking fun at suburbanites. Credits: Producer, Samuel G. Engel; director, Walter Lang; screenplay, F. Hugh Herbert, Alfred Newman; editor, Harmon Jones. Cast: Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn, Louise Allbritton. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 10Mar48; LP2006.
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