No Room for the Groom

No Room for the Groom (1952)

Genres - Comedy  |   Release Date - Jun 13, 1952 (USA - Unknown), Jun 13, 1952 (USA)  |   Run Time - 82 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Pity poor ex-GI Alvah Morrell (Tony Curtis). While on his honeymoon with perky Lee Kingshead (Piper Laurie), he comes down with a bad case of chicken pox. The moment he recovers, he's shipped overseas. And when Alvah returns home, he finds his house festooned with his wife's troublesome relatives -- and, per the film's title, there's no room for him. Complicating matters is Lee's supercilious mother (Spring Byington), who does her best to break up the marriage so that her daughter will be free to marry wealthy-but-dull Herman Strouple (Don DeFore). No Room for the Groom plays like an elongated 2-reel comedy, but the stars are attractive and Douglas Sirk's direction is subtle and inventive.

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daughter, elopement, family, father, groom [bridegroom], home, homecoming, in-law, land, love, marriage, mother, railroad, relative, responsibility, room, secrets, soldier, tycoon, war, wife, return