Surprise-partie

Original title: Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1944
Approved
1h 19m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

James Ellison, Simone Simon, and William Terry in Surprise-partie (1944)

A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

307

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Photos10

+ 5

‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits

Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and director Marc Webb take our Ultimate Disney Quiz.

Watch now

9:57

More like this

7.2

La vallée de la peur

7.1

Le médaillon

7.2

30 Secondes sur Tokio

6.7

6.7

6.0

6.4

7.3

8.0

6.9

Ça commence à Vera-Cruz

6.3

Terreur dans la vallée

6.5

Étrange mariage

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Because of Robert Mitchum's subsequent fame, this film was reissued under a different title, "And So They Were Married" with Mitchum receiving top billing, although he was originally billed eighth and his part was quite small.

Goofs
When Kathie is leaving for her first day at work in the aircraft factory, she already is wearing her company ID badge. For security reasons, she would not have received the badge without first appearing in person.

Quotes
Mr. Collins: [sitting with Mrs. Collins on the porch of the rooming house, after seeing Kathie being dropped off from work] There's something going on in this house, darling.
Mrs. Collins: It's springtime, sweet. Can't you *feel* it in the air?
Mr. Collins: Yeah. Someone's cooking cauliflower.
[Mrs. Collins gives him annoyed look]

Connections
Featured in Simone Simon, la rebelle (2012)

Soundtracks
Wedding March from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
(uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Played when Sally and Georgie enter Sally's apartment just after getting married

User reviews11

Featured review

7/10

a parade of stars come to visit

When Kathie (french born Simone Simon) takes an apartment.... she realizes she's not the only one with a key to the joint. Johnny let Kathie sublet it, but forgot to tell her about his many friends wtih keys! Some fun special appearances; right at the beginning, Mel Blanc does the voice for the gremlin when Kathie spills the salt. And watch for the awesome Grady Sutton as George, the new, henpecked husband a few minutes later. Froggy Laughlin from Our Gang is the punk kid who comes in to use the bathroom. The landlord on the front porch is Chester Clute... he had minor roles in SO many things a parade of characters comes marching through... some are nice. Some aren't so nice. Johnny the marine is played by Bill Terry.... died young at 48. No cause of death given. We were still in the dark days of the hays film code, but they really pushed it to the limits... maybe they cut Monogram Pictures some slack, since it was a war-time flick, highlighting the housing issue at the time. When Kathie starts to fall for some of John's friends, it could be a problem! Kind of a light hearted war time bit. Directed by Joe May. Similar to Rafter Romance, from 1933, and Walk Don't Run from 1966.