The Time of Their Lives (1946) on Netflix
Passed19461h 22mComedyFamilyFantasy
In 1780, tinker Horatio Prim and Melody Allen are branded traitors by mistake, and their souls stay bound to a New England estate. In 1946, guests arrive at the restored house.
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Plot summary
Horatio Prim, a tinker, travels to Kings Point, the estate of Tom Danbury, in 1780 with a commendation from Gen. George Washington, hoping to marry the housemaid Nora O'Leary. Danbury's butler, Cuthbert Greenway, wants her too. Melody Allen, Danbury's fiancée, sees Danbury hide the letter in a mantel clock and rides with Horatio to warn Washington's army. American troops overrun the estate, and Horatio and Melody are taken for traitors; their souls are bound to the grounds until their innocence can be shown. In 1946 the restored house hosts a weekend party: playwright Sheldon Gage, his fiancée June Prescott, the psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Greenway, a descendant of Cuthbert, and Mildred Dean.
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- Harry Brownas Second Sergeant (uncredited)
- James Conatyas Party Guest (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Time of Their Lives (1946)
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- A few weeks into filming, Lou Costello wanted to swap roles with Bud Abbott and refused to report to work; director Charles Barton simply waited him out. Costello returned, never raised it again and stayed in the same role.
- The team's trademark burlesque routines were dropped and Abbott and Costello spoke to each other in only one scene, reportedly because of weak box office for their 1945 films The Naughty Nineties, Here Come the Co-Eds and Abbott and Costello in Hollywood and because of personal tensions that led to a brief break-up that year.
- Bud Abbott, who had epilepsy, had never learned to drive, but did so for one scene in this film. According to his son, Bud Abbott Jr., it was the only time in his life he ever drove an automobile.
