A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when one takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and another must write commercial jingles.A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when one takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and another must write commercial jingles.A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when one takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and another must write commercial jingles.
Lewis L. Russell
- Roger Winthrop
- (as Lewis Russell)
Ernie Adams
- Newsman
- (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
- Chief Dispatcher
- (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
- Pullman Conductor
- (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
- Henry
- (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
- Porter
- (uncredited)
John Elliott
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film's New York television debut was 20 January 1958 on Channel 7, (WABC).
- Quotes
Roger Winthrop: I've got it. We'll tell your mother. Then everybody in Chicago'll know it.
Featured review
All aboard for a good comedy train ride
"One Way to Love" is a good Columbia comedy with four lesser known lead actors and actresses of the day. But, Willard Parker as Mitch Raymond, Chester Morris as Barry Cole, Janis Carter as Josie Hart and Marguerite Chapman as Marcia Winthrop put on a good show. This is one of several films set on trains in the 1940s and 1950s when railroads were still the main means of long distance travel.
Much of the story takes place on the train, and the comedy is very good. Contributing to that is a supporting cast that has some well-known supporting actors. Hugh Herbert is Eustace Trumble, Jerome Cowan is A. J. Gunther, Roscoe Karns is Hobie Simmons and Irving Bacon is the Train Conductor.
Barry and Josie hoodwink Mitch into going to Hollywood with him where Barry says they have a sure job at $1,000 a week. Mitch breaks up with Marcia, whom he loves. Her dad owns an organ company where Mitch has been working. She wanted him to leave radio as a writer to settle down working for her dad. But dad talks Marcia into taking a trip to get away, and he already has got a ticket for her on the train that Mitch will be taking the next day. When she boards the train, Josie also shows up, having bought her own ticket.
There's some good humor in how they all wind up on the train together, but the comedy ramps up as they meet a couple of guys who offer them better radio deals. Irving Bacon's train conductor winds up flummoxed by the time this film is over. This is a good, lesser known comedy that most people should enjoy many decades later.
Here are some favorite lines from the film.
Marcia Winthrop, "Are you sure, dear, that you wanna continue working in this , um, morgue?" Mitchell Raymond, "Yeah, I like morgues. I mean, uh, I'm used to it now."
Marcia, "I don't want you to have any regrets after we're married." Mitch, "Darling, after we're married how could I have any regrets?" Josie, "We're cooked."
Marcia, "And if he thinks I'm gonna forgive hm, he's sadly mistaken." Roger Winthrop, "That's the spirit, Marcia. Don't you go back to him. You make him come crawling back to you. And make sure that he has a good long way to crawl." Marcia," That's exactly what I intend to do."
Roger Winthrop, "Why don't you take a nice long train trip somewhere?" Marcia, "What for?" Winthrop, "Because if Mitch really loves you, he'll be on that train with you."
Marcia, "But I can stay with Aunt Emily in Florida." Roger Winthrop, "Well, who wants to stay with that old hag? That's one of the reasons California's better for you."
Roger Winthrop, "I've got it. We'll tell your mother. Then everybody in Chicago'll know it."
Barry Cole, "Who'd of thought that Mitch and me would ever be separated by an organ company?" Josie, "Why, it's like taking Damon away from uh, from uh, uh, what's the name?" Barry, "Yes. Or Amos and Andy."
A. J. Gunther, "Are you going far?" Marcia Winthrop, "Not as far as you'd like." Gunther, "Beauty plus wit - a rare combination. Hard to find these days."
Eustace Trumble, "What's the matter with your friend?" Josie Hart, " Oh, um, fever - he was lost in the jungle several years ago" Trumble, "You don't say. What was he doing there?" Josie, "Um, trying to find his way out."
Railroad porter, "Excuse me, sir, but does you always wear pajamas under your suit?" Barry, "Always. I never know when I'm gonna have one of these attacks."
Barry, "Well, here's goodbye to Aunt Trudy's Pie."
Barry, "This shouldn't happen to a dog." Josie, "But it did." Barry, "This is no time to be funny." Josie, "What do you want me to do - cry?"
Much of the story takes place on the train, and the comedy is very good. Contributing to that is a supporting cast that has some well-known supporting actors. Hugh Herbert is Eustace Trumble, Jerome Cowan is A. J. Gunther, Roscoe Karns is Hobie Simmons and Irving Bacon is the Train Conductor.
Barry and Josie hoodwink Mitch into going to Hollywood with him where Barry says they have a sure job at $1,000 a week. Mitch breaks up with Marcia, whom he loves. Her dad owns an organ company where Mitch has been working. She wanted him to leave radio as a writer to settle down working for her dad. But dad talks Marcia into taking a trip to get away, and he already has got a ticket for her on the train that Mitch will be taking the next day. When she boards the train, Josie also shows up, having bought her own ticket.
There's some good humor in how they all wind up on the train together, but the comedy ramps up as they meet a couple of guys who offer them better radio deals. Irving Bacon's train conductor winds up flummoxed by the time this film is over. This is a good, lesser known comedy that most people should enjoy many decades later.
Here are some favorite lines from the film.
Marcia Winthrop, "Are you sure, dear, that you wanna continue working in this , um, morgue?" Mitchell Raymond, "Yeah, I like morgues. I mean, uh, I'm used to it now."
Marcia, "I don't want you to have any regrets after we're married." Mitch, "Darling, after we're married how could I have any regrets?" Josie, "We're cooked."
Marcia, "And if he thinks I'm gonna forgive hm, he's sadly mistaken." Roger Winthrop, "That's the spirit, Marcia. Don't you go back to him. You make him come crawling back to you. And make sure that he has a good long way to crawl." Marcia," That's exactly what I intend to do."
Roger Winthrop, "Why don't you take a nice long train trip somewhere?" Marcia, "What for?" Winthrop, "Because if Mitch really loves you, he'll be on that train with you."
Marcia, "But I can stay with Aunt Emily in Florida." Roger Winthrop, "Well, who wants to stay with that old hag? That's one of the reasons California's better for you."
Roger Winthrop, "I've got it. We'll tell your mother. Then everybody in Chicago'll know it."
Barry Cole, "Who'd of thought that Mitch and me would ever be separated by an organ company?" Josie, "Why, it's like taking Damon away from uh, from uh, uh, what's the name?" Barry, "Yes. Or Amos and Andy."
A. J. Gunther, "Are you going far?" Marcia Winthrop, "Not as far as you'd like." Gunther, "Beauty plus wit - a rare combination. Hard to find these days."
Eustace Trumble, "What's the matter with your friend?" Josie Hart, " Oh, um, fever - he was lost in the jungle several years ago" Trumble, "You don't say. What was he doing there?" Josie, "Um, trying to find his way out."
Railroad porter, "Excuse me, sir, but does you always wear pajamas under your suit?" Barry, "Always. I never know when I'm gonna have one of these attacks."
Barry, "Well, here's goodbye to Aunt Trudy's Pie."
Barry, "This shouldn't happen to a dog." Josie, "But it did." Barry, "This is no time to be funny." Josie, "What do you want me to do - cry?"
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