One Too Many (1951 film)

One Too Many is a 1950 film produced by Kroger Babb and directed by Erle C. Kenton. The film tells the story of Helen Mason (Ruth Warrick), who is slowly revealed during the course of the film to be an alcoholic, destroying her career as a concert pianist and her family in the process.[1]

One Too Many
1955 re-issue 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 dates
  • 1 January 1951 (1951-01-01) (Wilmington, Ohio)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[2]
LanguageEnglish[2]

Production

The film's story author and producer was Kroger Babb, who worked primarily on making 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 on the film on August 1950.[2]

Release

One Too Many had its world premiere on January 1, 1951, at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, Ohio.[4] The manager of the theatre, Joe R. Murphy stated that the film had to be shown on January 1, at 12:01 am as the film carries a 1951 copyright, and cannot be released before January 1.[5] In October 1951, The Daily Variety wrote that producer Kroger Babb changed the title from One Too Many to The Best is Yet To Come as the original title "failed to attract a significant audience."[2] The Hollywood Reporter noted in January 1955 that the film had been market-tested, but still was held back from releasing nationally and again wrote in August 1955 that the film was re-released in 1955 under the title Mixed-Up Women.[2]

References
  1. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Motion Pictures and Film Strips. Vol. 5. The Library of Congress. 1951. p. 34.
  2. "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. p. 3.
  5. "'One Too Many' World Premiere To Be Held Here'". The Daily News-Journal. December 18, 1950. p. 14.

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


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