Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

83 mins | Comedy, Family | March 10, 1948

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.

Sitting Pretty

83 mins | Comedy, Family | March 10, 1948

Sitting Pretty
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Sitting Pretty
Directors Jerry Bryan, Gaston Glass, Walter Lang
Writers Gwen Davenport, F. Hugh Herbert

Cast

Robert Young

as Harry King

Maureen O'Hara

as Tacey King

Clifton Webb

as Lynn Belvedere

Richard Haydn

as Mr. Clarence Appleton

Louise Allbritton

as Edna Philby

Randy Stuart

as Peggy

Ed Begley

as Horatio J. Hammond

Larry Olsen

as Larry King

John Russell

as Bill Philby

Betty Lynn

as Ginger

Willard Robertson

as Mr. Ashcroft

Charles Arnt

as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Barbara Blaine

as Jitterbug (uncredited)

Boyd Cabeen

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Ken Christy

as Mr. McPherson (uncredited)

Mary Field

as Della (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton

as Mrs. Appleton (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

as Conference Guest (uncredited)

Ellen Lowe

as Effie (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Cop (uncredited)

Lee MacGregor

as Jitterbug (uncredited)

Marion Marshall

as Secretary (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

as Waiter (uncredited)

Roddy McCaskill

as Roddy King (uncredited)

Mira McKinney

as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Dave Morris

as John the Mailman (uncredited)

Jane Nigh

as Mabel Phillips (uncredited)

Anne O'Neal

as Mrs. Gibbs (uncredited)

Charles Owens

as Jitterbug (uncredited)

Isabel Randolph

as Mrs. R. B. Frisbee (uncredited)

Albin Robeling

as Maitre D' (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

as Conference Guest (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

as Waiter (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Ann Shoemaker

as Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)

Anthony Sydes

as Tony King (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

as Newsreel Director (uncredited)

Bob Tidwell

as Jitterbug (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

as Matron (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell

as Martha Hammond (uncredited)

Cara Williams

as Secretary (uncredited)