The More the Merrier

A retired millionaire becomes roommates with a woman and her fiancé in Washington, D.C., but their living situation becomes complicated when feelings develop between the millionaire and the woman, leading to a series of events involving espionage, love confessions, and a marriage to avoid scandal. The More the Merrier is a 1943 American English-language Comedy Romance movie starring Jean Arthur, Joel Mccrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines, Bruce Bennett, Frank Sully and Marjorie Wood. The movie is inspired from Two s a Crowd screenplay by Garson Kanin. Columbia Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) George Stevens. The More the Merrier is written by Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster and Garson Kanin and it is directed by George Stevens. Columbia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the film. The More the Merrier was released on 13th May 1943 and takes a screen time of 104 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The More the Merrier was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $1 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross and Robert W. Russell. Cinematography was done by Ted Tetzlaff and editing by Otto Meyer. The music was composed by Leigh Harline. At the 1944 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Charles Coburn).