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The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941
Romance, Comedy
1h 32m
Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. Not realizing his true identity, he's befriended by Mary Jones and Joe O'Brien, the two ringleaders, and Elizabeth Ellis, a charming older woman with whom he develops a romance. (imdb)
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The Devil and Miss Jones

1941
Romance, Comedy
1h 32m
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Rated 02 Jul 2017
80
99th
Jean Arthur is cute, but Charles Coburn & S.Z. Sakall has got to be the cutest fat old men in Hollywood! Why Coburn was Nominated for the Supporting Oscar is ridiculous. He should have gotten himself a better agent. This was his movie! He was clearly the lead. It should have been a nomination for Best Actor award for this 1940s version of Undercover Boss. Some scenes ran too long, but I adored The Devil.... oh, and Miss Jones too.
Rated 04 Jan 2011
77
60th
Capra-esque, populist working class fantasy where a fatcat earns his soul by hobnobbing with the everyday honest folk. Rather simplistic moralizing, but with a few shades of grey to redeem it. Anyway, it's a good spot of fun thanks to winning performances from Jean Arthur (so wonderfully earthy), Charles Coburn, and Spring Byington. I even liked Robert Cummings in this, at least during the moments when he wasn't being smug and cocky. Also S.Z. Sakall in an amusing secondary role.
Rated 11 Sep 2013
86
84th
Huh, wouldn't have expected a film like this to be made by Wood. Jean Arthur is fun to watch, as always, but Coburn is the centerpiece. His inner turmoil is both touching and amusing and his comic timing is impeccable. The whole film is very funny, but the underlying social themes, while treated lightly, raise it up a notch.
Rated 24 Oct 2012
5
18th
Very old fashioned, easy viewing.
Rated 24 Jul 2018
77
74th
Wonderfully idealist
Rated 28 Feb 2019
89
69th
88.50
Rated 25 Apr 2020
90
80th
Viewed April 24, 2020.
Rated 26 Apr 2020
50
45th
Pro-labor film with a funny boss pretending to be everyman premise but they completely bomb the ending. Turns out it was bad middle management, not capitalism, that everyone was protesting against! Cute Jean Arthur. Strong performance by Coburn as JP Morgan/Merrick. Again, dumb ending as though they ran out of runtime and just magically hand-waved everything better. I don't think I've seen any women dive for a piece of paper in a film. Fav scene: Cummings taking a stand at the police station.
Rated 12 Mar 2021
90
67th
So tender and sweet, yet funny. Jean delivers her usual pathos and heart, and this film will have you not only eying her beautiful body (that bathing suit scene, ah!), but loving her beautiful heart too. In fact, everyone in this film will make you love humanity even more than before.
Rated 18 Nov 2021
74
32nd
A bit of fun but way too corny, and lacking truly funny moments.

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