{{Short description|1947 film by Mitchell Leisen}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Suddenly, It's Spring | image = Suddenly It's Spring - 1947 Poster.png | caption = 1947 Theatrical Poster | director = Mitchell Leisen | screenplay = P. J. Wolfson<br />Claude Binyon | story = P. J. Wolfson | producer = Claude Binyon | starring = Paulette Goddard<br />Fred MacMurray <br> Macdonald Carey | cinematography = Daniel L. Fapp | editing = Alma Macrorie | music = Victor Young | studio = Paramount Pictures | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1947|02|13}} | runtime = 87 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $2,050,000 (US rentals)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/variety169-1948-01#page/n62/mode/1up "Top Grossers of 1947", ''Variety'', 7 January 1948 p 63]</ref> }} '''''Suddenly, It's Spring''''' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray and Macdonald Carey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://allmovie.com/work/suddenly-its-spring-112183|title=Suddenly It's Spring (1947) - Mitchell Leisen | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}</ref><ref>Fowler & Deacon p.40</ref> Some sources list the title without a comma. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
==Plot== In 1945, at the end of World War II, married couple Mary and Peter Morley are seeing each other again after both serving in the military. When they parted, they were planning to divorce, but they never went through with it. Now reunited, they must decide if the marriage should end. Meanwhile, another woman considers herself betrothed to the husband, and a friend of the husband has romantic designs on the wife.
==Cast== {{div col}} *Paulette Goddard as Mary Morely *Fred MacMurray as Peter Morely *Macdonald Carey as Jack Lindsay *Arleen Whelan as Gloria Fay *Lillian Fontaine as Mary's Mother *Frank Faylen as Harold Michaels *Frances Robinson as WAC Capt. Rogers *Victoria Horne as WAC Lt. Billings *Georgia Backus as WAC Maj. Cheever *Jean Ruth as WAC Cpl. Michaels *Roberta Jonay as WAC Sergeant *Willie Best as Porter on Train * Isabel Withers as Reporter * Archie Twitchell as Captain Jergens * Stanley Blystone as Hotel Detective * Gino Corrado as Chef * Isabel Randolph as Dowager in Elevator *Emory Parnell as Elevator Passenger {{div col end}}
==Radio adaptation== ''Suddenly, It's Spring'' was presented on ''Stars in the Air'' February 21, 1952. The 30-minute adaptation starred Betty Hutton and Macdonald Carey.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2533510/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=February 17, 1952|page=40|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 1, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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==Bibliography== * Fowler, Stacy & A. Deacon Deborah. ''A Century in Uniform: Military Women in American Films''. McFarland, 2020.
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0039873|Suddenly, It's Spring}} *{{TCMDb title|91831|Suddenly, It's Spring}}
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Category:1947 films Category:1947 romantic comedy films Category:American romantic comedy films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Comedy of remarriage films Category:Films scored by Victor Young Category:Films directed by Mitchell Leisen Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:1947 English-language films Category:1947 American films Category:Films set in 1945 Category:English-language romantic comedy films