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That Wonderful Urge

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That Wonderful Urge
Directed byRobert B. Sinclair
Written byJay Dratler
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
Fred Kohlmar
StarringGene Tierney
Tyrone Power
Reginald Gardiner
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byLouis Loeffler
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 25, 1948 (1948-12-25)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,650,000[1][2]

That Wonderful Urge is a 1948 American screwball comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney and Reginald Gardiner.[3][4] Produced by 20th Century Fox, it is a remake of Love Is News (1937) which starred Power and Loretta Young.

Plot

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Newspaper reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler writes a series of unflattering articles under the title "The Life and Loves of Sara Farley", infuriating the wealthy grocery-store heiress target of his stories. He impersonates a small-town newspaper manager named Tom Thomas, who is sympathetic to her plight and gets her to talk about herself. He finds her down to earth, and he writes a much different article about her. However, Sara finds out about the deception and tells the press that the two of them got married and that she gave him $1 million. When Duffy, Tom's editor, reads the story, he promptly fires Tom. Hijinks ensue as Tom tries to clear himself. Eventually, he sues Sara for libel, just when she begins to see a different side to him. The case is thrown out of court as a couple's issue. The judge's remarks makes Tom realize his actual feelings for Sara. He goes to Sara's house and waits for her to declare his feelings. It turns out she also has feelings for him. He asks if they were really married. She replies "let's get married again".

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Notes

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  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
  3. ^ Variety film review; November 24, 1948, page 6.
  4. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; November 27, 1948, page 190.
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