The Lady Says No

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David Niven and Joan Caulfield in The Lady Says No (1951)

A woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Compli... Read allA woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Complications ensue.A woman writes a best-selling book for women warning them about the "dangers" of men. A handsome photographer for a national magazine arrives in her town to do a feature story on her. Complications ensue.

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Joan Caulfield

Dorinda Hatch

David Niven

Bill Shelby

James Robertson Justice

Matthew Huntington Hatch

Lenore Lonergan

Goldie

Frances Bavier

Aunt Alice Hatch

Peggy Maley

Midge

Henry Jones

Potsy

Jeff York

Goose

George Davis

Wharf Rat Bartender

Robert B. Williams

Maj. Gen. Horatio W. Schofield
(as Robert Williams)

Mary Lawrence

Mary

Godon Barnes

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Joan Barton

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Nora Bush

Woman at Meeting
(uncredited)

Barbara Carroll

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Sue Casey

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Peter Damon

Minor Role
(uncredited)

George DeNormand

Brawler
(uncredited)

Director
- Frank Ross
Writer
- Robert Russell
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Trivia
Barbara Carroll's debut.

Quotes
Dorinda Hatch: Well, what makes HER so important ?
Potsy: She don't take no "stuff" from nobody... unless she wants to. Then she takes anything that isn't nailed down.
Dorinda Hatch: Well, I think it's disgusting. Why any woman could get a man like that if she wanted to. I know I could... couldn't I ?
Potsy: You don't have the stuff it takes to take the stuff you don't have.

Crazy credits
The opening credits show a woman's hands opening a gift card from a fancily wrapped present, which starts the credits. The next shot is the opening of the gift itself, which turns out to be a book with the title of the movie (based on a book a female author writes).

Soundtracks
The Lady Says No
Music by Emil Newman and Herbert W. Spencer
Lyrics by Mel Leven

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Featured review

5/10

Ho-hum romantic comedy...

Short on laughs, sometimes even embarrassing to watch, it makes me wonder what this film would have been like WITHOUT David Niven. His performance is so wooden and he seems so bored with the whole thing. Joan Caulfield, not a well known name, does a really good job, actually, playing the ying and yang of her character.

Niven seems TOTALLY OUT OF PLACE, a part someone like Tony Randall or Jack Lemmon could have banged out of the park (maybe it was a bit before their time...) Not a bad premise, has been stolen and used repeatedly in movie history, but it seems listless and lifeless when Niven is on screen. Oh, well.