WITHOUT RESERVATIONS
DIRECTED BY MERVYN LeROY
PRODUCED BY JESSE L. LASKEY/ WALTER MacEWEN
MUSIC BY ROY WEBB
RKO RADIO PICTURES
Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed.
Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book,
and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Summary written by Jim Beaver
Full Cast
Claudette Colbert .... Christopher 'Kit' Madden
John Wayne .... Rusty Thomas
Don DeFore .... 1st Lt. Dink Watson
Anne Triola .... Consuela 'Connie' Callaghan
Phil Brown .... Soldier
Frank Puglia .... Ortega
Thurston Hall .... Henry Baldwin
Dona Drake .... Dolores Ortega
Fernando Alvarado .... Mexican boy
Charles Arnt .... Salesman
Louella Parsons .... Herself (as Miss Louella Parsons)
Frank Wilcox .... Jack
Eric Alden .... Chauffeur (uncredited)
Jose Alvarado .... Mexican boy (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson .... Waiter (uncredited)
Robert Anderson .... Radio announcer (uncredited)
Lois Austin .... Congresswoman (uncredited)
Griff Barnett .... Train conductor (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict .... Western Union Telegraph boy (uncredited)
Lee Bennett .... Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Benny .... Himself (uncredited)
John Bleifer .... Coal heaver (uncredited)
Lela Bliss .... Mrs. Bertha Randall (uncredited)
Marilyn Buferd .... WAC (uncredited)
Raymond Burr .... Paul Gill (uncredited)
William Challee .... Corporal (aviator advising train porter) (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton .... Pullman conductor (uncredited)
Fred Coby .... French officer (uncredited)
John Crawford .... Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Creed .... Marine (uncredited)
Frank Dae .... Man with book (uncredited)
Sid Davies .... Marine (uncredited)
Harold Davis .... Marine (uncredited)
Dick Dickerson .... Young sailor (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson .... Redcap (uncredited)
Tay Dunn .... Navy ensign (uncredited)
George Economides .... Mexican Boy (uncredited)
Michael Economides .... Mexican boy (uncredited)
Charles Elmergreen .... Marine (uncredited)
Herbert Espinosa .... Mexican boy (uncredited)
Charles Evans .... Philip Jerome (publisher) (uncredited)
Harry Evans .... Traveler (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen .... Waiter in club car (uncredited)
Jon Gilbreath .... Navy NCO (uncredited)
June Glory .... Girl (uncredited)
Lisa Golm .... Alma (Kit's maid) (uncredited)
Cary Grant .... Himself (uncredited)
Jesse Graves .... Porter (uncredited)
Paul Gustine .... Traveler (uncredited)
Thelma Gyrath .... WAC (uncredited)
Charlie Hall .... Window washer (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton .... Lois (uncredited)
Henry Hastings .... Waiter (uncredited)
Joe Haworth .... Marine (uncredited)
Harry Hayden .... Harry Randall (Albuquerque hotel clerk) (uncredited)
Hirohito .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Holman .... Gas station attendant (uncredited)
Esther Howard .... Sarah (Book Club member) (uncredited)
Ralph Hubbard .... Sailor (uncredited)
Tom Hubbard .... Marine (uncredited)
Brock Hunt .... Army lieutenant (uncredited)
J. Louis Johnson .... Car porter (uncredited)
Toshikazu Kase .... Himself (assists Shigemitsu) (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Kellogg .... Reporter (uncredited)
Cy Kendall .... Bail bondsman (uncredited)
Jean Koehler .... Western Union operator (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy .... Cameo appearance (dining with Kit) (uncredited)
Bruce Lester .... Army lieutenant (uncredited)
Rose Mary Lopez .... Mexican girl (uncredited)
Leona Maricle .... Baldwin's secretary (uncredited)
Junius Matthews .... Porter (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel .... Freddy (club car waiter) (uncredited)
Peter Michael .... Marine (uncredited)
Chef Milani .... Diner captain (uncredited)
Art Miles .... Truck driver (uncredited)
Marvin Miller .... Louella's radio announcer (uncredited)
Henry Mirelez .... Mexican boy (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore .... Redcap (uncredited)
Dolores Moran .... Herself (uncredited)
William O'Leary .... Candy Butcher (uncredited)
Oscar O'Shea .... Conductor (uncredited)
Jack Parker .... Soldier (uncredited)
Bob Pepper .... Man (uncredited)
Lorin Raker .... Mr. Klotch (uncredited)
Verne Richards .... Brakeman (uncredited)
Ruth Roman .... Girl in Negligee (uncredited)
Al Rosen .... Train mechanic (uncredited)
Erskine Sanford .... Timothy Helgelander (liquor store proprietor) (uncredited)
Wallace Scott .... Gas station attendant in Albuquerque (uncredited)
Bill Shannon .... Marine (uncredited)
Mamoru Shigemitsu .... Himself (with top hat, prepares to sign Japanese surrender) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robin Short .... Reporter (uncredited)
Warren Smith .... Chauffeur (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson .... The turnkey (uncredited)
Harry Strang .... Policeman (uncredited)
Miguel Tapia .... Mexican boy (uncredited)
Bill Udell .... Navy NCO (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal .... Sue (Book Club member) (uncredited)
Nanette Vallon .... Reporter (uncredited)
Blanca Vischer .... Mexican beauty (uncredited)
Henry Vroom .... Soldier (uncredited)
Bob Wallace .... Marine (uncredited)
Lee 'Lasses' White .... Marine (uncredited)
Russ Whiteman .... Sailor (uncredited)
Jane Wiley .... Manicurist (uncredited)
Charles Williams .... Louis Burt (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe .... Charlie Gibbs (reporter) (uncredited)
Jean Wong .... Reporter (uncredited)
Will Wright .... Pullman conductor (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Jane Allen novel Thanks, God! I'll Take It From Here
Mae Livingston novel Thanks, God! I'll Take It From Here
Andrew Solt
Original Music
Roy Webb
Cinematography
Milton R. Krasner
Trivia
The opening shot shows "Arrowhead" Pictures motion picture studio. This is the actual RKO Pictures Studio Building at 780 Gower Street in Hollywood, retouched with "Arrowhead" replacing the RKO signs on the building. It remains a historic structure on the corner to this day.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on August 26, 1946 with Claudette Colbert reprising her film role.
Goofs
# Continuity: Just before Louella Parsons is seen in the radio studio, an exterior shot shows a building with the name NBC. But when Parsons is at the mic, it is marked ABC.
# Revealing mistakes: The "newsreel" shows a man in a hole in the sidewalk with a shovel clearly too big for him to have used to dig the hole.
Filming Locations
RKO Studios
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