The Mating Season.

Ellen McNulty (Thelma Ritter) gives up her hamburger stand in New Jersey when the bank calls in her loan, and goes to visit her son Val (John Lund) in Ohio. Val has recently married a socialite, Maggie (Gene Tierney) to help her put on a dinner party. Ellen arrives first, and Maggie mistakes her for the cook, and Val follows her home, and persuades her to move in with them. The next morning, Ellen arrives with her things, and continues the deception, explaining to Val that a mother-in-law would only cause friction.

Credits

Cast
Gene Tierney, John Lund
Complete catalog record
THE MATING SEASON. Paramount Pictures Corp., 1951. 101 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Suggested by a play by Caesar Dunn. © Paramount Pictures Corp.; 24Mar51 in notice: 1950); LP879.

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q2319600 ↗ — country