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Listen, Darling
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<h2 id="plot">Plot</h2> <p>Pinky Wingate (<a href="/facts/Judy_Garland/aVWBlL8A">Judy Garland</a>) is worried about her widowed mother, Dottie (<a href="/facts/Mary_Astor/YS9SwxuM">Mary Astor</a>), who is pursuing a loveless relationship with the town's banker, knowing he can help her fund her children's lives. To help her realize this, Pinky and her friend Buzz (<a href="/facts/Freddie_Bartholomew/vcIDdd18">Freddie Bartholomew</a>) "kidnap" Dottie and her younger brother Billie (<a href="/facts/Scotty_Beckett/L2nQQtpe">Scotty Beckett</a>), taking them on a road trip to get away from the banker. While they do this, they meet two men, Richard Thurlow (<a href="/facts/Walter_Pidgeon/TffaSgAp">Walter Pidgeon</a>) and J.J Slattery (<a href="/facts/Alan_Hale%2c_Sr./vUInJDGX">Alan Hale</a>), who they think would be nice husbands for her mother. Her mother falls in love with Richard Thurlow (<a href="/facts/Walter_Pidgeon/TffaSgAp">Walter Pidgeon</a>) and they go home. </p> <h2 id="cast">Cast</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Judy_Garland/aVWBlL8A">Judy Garland</a> as "Pinkie" Wingate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Freddie_Bartholomew/vcIDdd18">Freddie Bartholomew</a> as Herbert "Buzz" Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mary_Astor/YS9SwxuM">Mary Astor</a> as Dorothy "Dottie" Wingate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Walter_Pidgeon/TffaSgAp">Walter Pidgeon</a> as Richard Thurlow</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alan_Hale%2c_Sr./vUInJDGX">Alan Hale</a> as J.J. Slattery</li> <li><a href="/facts/Scotty_Beckett/L2nQQtpe">Scotty Beckett</a> as Billie Wingate</li> <li><a href="/facts/Barnett_Parker/ptbGUJgp">Barnett Parker</a> as Abercrombie</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gene_Lockhart/4lk3Nwf8">Gene Lockhart</a> as Arthur Drubbs</li> <li><a href="/facts/Charley_Grapewin/zUa6g8Mp">Charley Grapewin</a> as Uncle Joe Higgins</li></ul> <h2 id="release">Release</h2> <p><i>Listen, Darling</i> was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 21, 1938. According to MGM records, the film earned $381,000 in the US and Canada and $202,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $17,000.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Initially, the film was released as home media on VHS in 1992 by <a href="/facts/MGM%2fUA_Home_Video/9nrpdAb8">MGM/UA Home Video</a>, on <a href="/facts/Laser_Disc/nU4WJhDM">Laser Disc</a> in 1995 by MGM/UA Home Video along with <i><a href="/facts/Thoroughbreds_Don%2527t_Cry/54WmqPaC">Thoroughbreds Don't Cry</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and on DVD in 2012 by <a href="/facts/Warner_Archive_Collection/gcRhNxGK">Warner Archive</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030368/"><i>Listen, Darling</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81489/enwp"><i>Listen, Darling</i></a> at the <a href="/facts/Turner_Classic_Movies/0qS5jr3H">TCM Movie Database</a></li> <li><a href="https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4818"><i>Listen, Darling</i></a> at the <a href="/facts/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films/61kFwpB6">AFI Catalog of Feature Films</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Fristoe, Roger (March 26, 2004). "Listen, Darling". TCM. Retrieved June 27, 2022. <a href="https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81489/listen-darling#articles-reviews?articleId=72509" target="_blank">https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81489/listen-darling#articles-reviews?articleId=72509</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Judy Garland Discography: Thoroughbreds Don't Cry - Listen Darling". www.thejudyroom.com. Retrieved 2024-11-24. <a href="https://www.thejudyroom.com/soundtracks/thoroughbreds.html" target="_blank">https://www.thejudyroom.com/soundtracks/thoroughbreds.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Listen, Darling - 1938 Film. Retrieved 2024-11-24 – via castalbums.org. <a href="https://castalbums.org/recordings/Listen-Darling-/25069" target="_blank">https://castalbums.org/recordings/Listen-Darling-/25069</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>