One Too Many (1951 film)

One Too Many
1955 reissue poster as Mixed-Up Women
Directed byErle C. Kenton
Screenplay byMalcolm Stuart Boylan[1]
Story byKroger Babb[1]
Produced byKroger Babb[1]
Starring
Edited byEdward Mann[1]
Music byBert Shefter[1]
Production
company
Hallmark Productions[1]
Distributed byHallmark Productions[2]
Release date
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish[2]

One Too Many is a 1951 film produced by Kroger Babb, directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Ruth Warrick.

Plot

Helen Mason is slowly revealed to be an alcoholic, destroying her career as a concert pianist and her family in the process.[1]

Production

The film's story author and producer was Kroger Babb, who worked primarily on films about fringe subjects, such as the anti-drug film She Shoulda Said No (1949) and a film about the life of Jesus Christ titled The Lawton Story (1949). [3]

Production began in August 1950.[2]

Release

One Too Many had its world premiere on January 1, 1951 at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, Ohio.[4] Later that year, producer Kroger Babb changed the title from One Too Many to The Best Is Yet to Come, as the film had failed to attract a significant audience.[2] The film was rereleased in 1955 under the title of Mixed-Up Women.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures and Film Strips. Vol. 5. The Library of Congress. 1951. p. 34.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "One Too Many (1951)". American Film Institute. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Craig 2013, p. 58.
  4. ^ Babb, Kroger (December 26, 1950). "...at the Stroke of Midnight on New Year's Eve!". The Daily News-Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. p. 3.

Sources

  • Craig, Rob (2013). Gutter Auteur: The Films of Andy Milligan. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6597-2.