On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way
1948 Theatrical Poster
Directed byLeslie Fenton
King Vidor
Written byJohn O'Hara
Screenplay byLaurence Stallings
Lou Breslow
Story byArch Oboler
Produced byBenedict Bogeaus
Burgess Meredith
StarringPaulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
James Stewart
Henry Fonda
Harry James
Dorothy Lamour
Victor Moore
Fred MacMurray
CinematographyGordon Avil
Joseph F. Biroc
Edward Cronjager
John F. Seitz
Edited byJames Smith
Music byHeinz Roemheld
Production
company
Benedict Bogeaus Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • February 3, 1948 (1948-02-03) (New York City, New York)
  • June 1948 (1948-06) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,550,000 (US rentals)[1]

On Our Merry Way is a 1948 American comedy film produced by Benedict Bogeaus and Burgess Meredith and released by United Artists. At the time of its release, King Vidor and Leslie Fenton were credited with its direction, although the DVD lists John Huston and George Stevens, who assisted with one of the segments, as well. The screenplay by Laurence Stallings and Lou Breslow, based on an original story by Arch Oboler, is similar in style to that of Tales of Manhattan (1942), another anthology film made up of several vignettes linked by a single theme. The picture stars Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Harry James, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore and Fred MacMurray. It marks the first joint movie appearance of Stewart and Fonda, who play a pair of musicians in their section of the film.