Take Her, She's Mine

Take Her, She's Mine
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Directed byHenry Koster
Screenplay byNunnally Johnson
Based onTake Her, She's Mine
1961 play
by Henry Ephron
Phoebe Ephron
Produced byHenry Koster
StarringJames Stewart
Sandra Dee
Audrey Meadows
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byMarjorie Fowler
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 13, 1963 (1963-11-13)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,435,000[1]
Box officeest. $3,400,000 (US/ Canada)[2]

Take Her, She's Mine is a 1963 American comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee and based on a 1961 Broadway comedy written by the husband-and-wife team of Henry and Phoebe Ephron. The film was directed by Henry Koster with a screenplay written by Nunnally Johnson. It features an early film score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith.[3] The character of Mollie, played by Elizabeth Ashley on Broadway and in the film by Dee, was based on the Ephrons' 22-year-old daughter Nora Ephron. The supporting cast features Robert Morley, John McGiver and Bob Denver.

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253
  2. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.
  3. ^ Clemmensen, Christian. Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) tribute at Filmtracks.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.