Having Wonderful Time is a 1938 romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...

 film released by RKO Radio Pictures

RKO Pictures

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.

Plot summary

A bored New York office girl (Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....

), goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains

Catskill Mountains

The Catskill Mountains, an area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation, and the highest representation, of the Allegheny Plateau...

 called Camp Kare Free, for rest and to get away from the noise, busy, city life and finds a handsome waiter (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. KBE was an American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.-Early life:...

), and they fall in love.

Cast

• Ginger Rogers
  Ginger Rogers
  Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....
  
  .....Thelma "Teddy" Shaw
• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
  Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. KBE was an American actor and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II.-Early life:...
  
  ....Chick Kirkland
• Eve Arden
  Eve Arden
  Eve Arden was an American actress. Her almost 60-year career crossed most media frontiers with supporting and leading roles, but she may be best-remembered for playing the sardonic but engaging title character, a high school teacher, on Our Miss Brooks, and as the Rydell High School principal in...
  
  .....Henrietta
• Lucille Ball
  Lucille Ball
  Lucille Désirée Ball was an American comedian, film, television, stage and radio actress, model, film and television executive, and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy and Life With Lucy...
  
  .....Miriam "Screwball"
• Lee Bowman
  Lee Bowman
  Lee Bowman was an American film and television actor.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bowman graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1936 and began his film career playing a bit part in Swing High, Swing Low .His many film appearances include A Man to Remember , Love Affair , Third...
  
  .....Buzzy Armbruster
• Harlan Briggs.....Mr. Shaw
• Jack Carson
  Jack Carson
  John Elmer "Jack" Carson was a Canadian-born U.S.-based film actor.Jack Carson was one of the most popular character actors during the 'golden age of Hollywood', with a film career spanning the 1930s, '40s and '50s...
  
  .....Emil Beatty
• Peggy Conklin.....Fay Coleman
• Inez Courtney
  Inez Courtney
  Inez Courtney was an actress on the Broadway stage and in films. Born in Amsterdam, New York, she came from a large Irish-American family. Her father died when she was fifteen so she decided to go onto the stage...
  
  .....Emma, Teddy's Sister
• Dorothea Kent
  Dorothea Kent
  Dorothea Kent was an American film actress. She appeared in 42 films between 1935 and 1948.In addition to her credited roles, she also had roles in 6 other films, including her last role in the 1948 film The Babe Ruth Story.She was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and died in 1990 from breast cancer...
  
  .....Maxine
• Allan Lane
  Allan Lane
  Allan "Rocky" Lane was a studio leading man and the star of many cowboy B-movies in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in more than 125 films and TV shows in a career lasting from 1929 to 1966...
  
  .....Maxwell "Mac" Pangwell
• Donald Meek
  Donald Meek
  Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor. He first worked as a stage actor and later became a film actor, starring in several movies including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Miss Broadway, and State Fair. Before becoming an actor, he fought in the Spanish-American War and...
  
  .....P.U. Rogers, Camp Owner
• Juanita Quigley.....Mabel, Emma's Daughter
• Leona Roberts.....Mrs. Shaw
• Shimen Ruskin.....Shrimpo
• Richard "Red" Skelton
  Red Skelton
  Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton was an American comedian who is best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Skelton's show business career began in his teens as a circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, TV, night clubs and casinos, all while pursuing...
  
  .....Itchy Faulkner, Camp Social Director
• Grady Sutton
  Grady Sutton
  Grady Harwell Sutton was an American film and television actor from the 1920s to the 1970s.-Biography:Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sutton was raised in Florida where he attended St. Petersburg High School. He began his career during the silent film era and made the transition to sound films...
  
  .....Gus
• Dorothy Tree
  Dorothy Tree
  Dorothy Tree was an American actress, voice teacher and writer. She appeared in a wide range of character roles in at least 49 motion pictures between 1927 and 1951....
  
  .....Frances
• Clarence H. Wilson.....Mr. G

Release information

The film was released on VHS

VHS

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 by Nostalgia Home Video and re-released on Region 1 DVD

DVD

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 in 2005. Both releases are currently out of print

Out of print

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.