The Mating Season (film)
| The Mating Season | |
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Written by | Charles Brackett Richard Breen Walter Reisch |
| Based on | Caesar Dunn (play) |
| Produced by | Charles Brackett |
| Starring | Gene Tierney John Lund Miriam Hopkins Thelma Ritter |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Frank Bracht |
| Music by | Joseph J. Lilley |
| Color process | Black and white |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,625,000 (U.S. rentals) |
The Mating Season is a 1951 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins and Thelma Ritter. The film was produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay that he wrote with Richard Breen and Walter Reisch, based on the play Maggie by Caesar Dunn.
The film was considered Ritter's breakout performance and earned her strongly positive reviews. Shortly before the film's release, syndicated columnist Bob Thomas called her Hollywood's "most talked-about new starlet". Ritter's performance earned her second of four consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was nominated for the award six times, the most of any actress in history, but never won it.