Joy of Living

Joy of Living
Directed byTay Garnett
Written byDorothy Fields
Herbert Fields
Screenplay byGene Towne
Graham Baker
Allan Scott
Produced byFelix Young
StarringIrene Dunne
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
CinematographyJoseph Walker
Edited byJack Hively
Music byFrank Tours
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • May 6, 1938 (1938-05-06)[1]
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,086,000[2]
Box office$1,337,000[2]

Joy of Living is a 1938 American musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. with supporting performances from Alice Brady, Guy Kibbee, Jean Dixon, Eric Blore and Lucille Ball. It features the hit song "You Couldn't Be Cuter," written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.

  1. ^ "Joy of Living: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p57