Sitting Pretty
Starring: Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb
Director: Walter Lang
Writer: F. Hugh Herbert
Producer: Samuel G. Engel
Sitting Pretty is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang from a screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert, adapted from the novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport. The film stars Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, and Clifton Webb, about a family who hires the mysterious Lynn Belvedere to babysit their rowdy children. Upon its release by 20th Century Fox in April 1948, Sitting Pretty became a box-office success.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor.
- The film was originally titled Belvedere just as the novel, but was changed to Sitting Pretty.
- John Payne was meant to play the role of the husband.
- Celeste Holm was also cast in the film, but exited to film The Snake Pit.
Previous Showings
8 Runs • 6 Festivals
9,650 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (April 18, 1948)
Original Run: April 18, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)
All runs on record (8):
- April 18, 1948 (Sunday - Wednesday)Clifton Webb, Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara
- December 22 - 23, 1990 · 1,163 ticketsw/ Miracle on 34th Street
- July 16 - 17, 1998 · 673 ticketsDear Old Hollywoodw/ Here Comes Mr. Jordan
- September 6 - 7, 2001 · 864 ticketssummer2k1w/ Father of the Bride
- November 3, 2006 · 505 tickets20th Century-Fox 2006w/ The Black Swan
- February 7 - 9, 2009 · 839 ticketsWinter 2009w/ Laura
- September 1 - 4, 2012 · 1,535 ticketsSummer 2012w/ The Quiet Man
- December 6 - 15, 2024 · 4,071 ticketsDecember 2024w/ Mary Poppins