The More the Merrier (Columbia) is a smart, civilized comedy about wartime Washington's nationally famous housing shortage. It does credit to Director George Stevens (now an Army major) as his last civilian job. It is also a credit to its principalsJean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and especially stoop-shouldered veteran Charles Coburn.
As a retired industrialist, Coburn pokes his way into the national capital, where he imperially rents half of a three-room apartment from its attractive occupant. Jean Arthur. He obviously considers himself old enough to be her mother, and thus overrides her misgivings. Behind her back, he then proceeds to sub-sublet half of...
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