What a beautiful movie!

Excellent, a Must See

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Directed by Sam Wood, this Gary Cooper comedy re-paired the actor with Teresa Wright (after The Pride of the Yankees (1942), also directed by Wood) and was produced by its screenwriter Nunnally Johnson. The source material was a play by Floyd Dell and renowned character actor Thomas Mitchell.Coop plays the title role, referred to as 'Cass' Brown throughout, a man that learns on the eve of his nuptials (to Anita Louise's character) that his first wife Isobel (Wright) has just given birth to their daughter! Her parents had his marriage to their daughter annulled almost immediately after her mom (Patricia Collinge) discovered, through astrology, that Cass was a "disaster waiting to happen", shortly before he'd accidentally burned down their $750,000 home with a cigarette that refused to be put out. Cass's new father- in-law to be is played by Frank Morgan, a kept man who resents his wife (Isobel Elsom) putting him on an ever decreasing allowance that advises Cass not to marry his daughter.Edmund Breon plays Isobel's father and Jill Esmond plays the maternity hospital's doctor. She learns that Isobel had informed Cass of their baby daughter in order to bring about his return, which it does, and that she'd never intended to give the child up for adoption. But before Cass learns this, he kidnaps his own daughter and manages to care for her in a hotel with the help of a maid (Mary Treen) and the bell captain (Emory Parnell). The fish- out-of-water new-dad-with-baby scenes are cute but overlong, a quest for the perfect baby formula. More hijinks occurs when his fiancée, Morgan, Isobel and her father descend upon the hotel where they learn that Cass is willing to marry the maid in order to keep (and legitimize) his daughter. But an ending that includes Cass and Isobel coming together is a foregone conclusion.Halliwell Hobbes, Irving Bacon, Robert Emmett Keane, Byron Foulger (uncredited) and Grady Sutton (also uncredited) are among those who also appeared in this first International Pictures production, a company established by Cooper (and others) before it merged with Universal two years (and nine movies) later.Received Academy Award nominations for its B&W Art Direction- Interior Decoration, Sound and Score.

Gary Cooper was equally at home doing drama or comedy, as he proves in "Cassanova Brown", a 1944 Paramount vehicle that reunited the winning team of "The Pride of the Yankess". Sam Wood directed again and Teresa Wright played the female lead. Based on a play co-written by veteran actor Thomas Mitchell, this hardly seen movie is worth a look whenever it shows on cable. Nunnally Johnson, one of the geniuses of that era in Hollywood adapted the material for the screen and produced it.Mr. Cooper makes a great contribution to the film as the absent minded English professor who returns back to his small mid western town vowing never to set foot in New York. Casanova, or Cass, asks Madge to marry him and just as they are about to say "I do", a letter, somewhat mysterious, arrives from a maternity hospital in Chicago. Intrigued by the missive, he decides to solve the puzzle, but little does he know what is in store for him.In flashbacks we get to know what happened to Cass in New York. It involved his having fallen in love with the beautiful Isabel Drury. As he is about to ask for her hand, Mrs. Drury, a woman who is into horoscopes, planets, and stars, sees trouble ahead. An incident with a lit cigarette butt causes much unhappiness to all and he flees in horror, leaving Isabel to fend for herself.When Cass arrives at the hospital, he is made to take a physical that Dr. Zernerke has ordered. After the tests, Cass finds out the real reason for his being there, Isabel has delivered a healthy baby and it's going to be given for adoption! Cass takes an instant attachment to the baby girl and takes her away to his hotel. Eventually Isabel traces him and they are reunited, much to the consternation of the Drurys and the would be in-laws, the Ferris.Although Mr. Cooper and Ms. Wright are more than perfect in their roles, some of the joy we found in the movie was watching superior performances by Frank Morgan, Jill Esmond and Patricia Collinge, who as Mrs. Drury, is marvelous. Mary Treen and Emory Parnell play the maid and the bellhop that help Cass take care of the baby. Anita Louise appears as Madge Ferris."Casanova Brown" is a fun film, so tune in whenever it shows again.

What a waste of time. There is absolutely nothing funny in this so-called comedy. The plot, or lack of it, is is pretty stupid and corny. Gary Cooper was much better in Ball of fire and Meet john doe and Teresa Wright didn't do many comedies. Don't waste your time.

Enchanting, wittily written screwball comedy about a supposed bachelor, on the eve of his wedding, who discovers he may have fathered a child by a previous marriage that only lasted a week or so. His prospective father-in-law (Morgan), eager to rescue him from any marriage, encourages him to investigate. When he discovers his young divorcee plans to give the baby up for adoption (or pretends to), he kidnaps the infant and tries to raise it with the help of a small hotel's staff. Of course, much comedy ensues. The story is handled well and the humor light and effective, but Wright's character is not well drawn and her relationship with Cooper seems a bit forced. Cooper is well developed and the comic situations are amusing.