The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1941
New York Town
Directed by
Charles Vidor
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
The story
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Cast
Fred MacMurrayVictor Ballard
Mary MartinAlexandra Curtis
Robert PrestonPaul Bryson, Jr.
Akim TamiroffStefan Janowski
Lynne OvermanSam
Eric BloreVivian
Fuzzy KnightGus Nelson
Cecil KellawayShipboard Host
Oliver BlakeBender
Edward McNamaraBrody
Eva Gabor(uncredited)
Iris AdrianToots O'Day (uncredited)
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John BagniThe Dip (uncredited)
Nicholas BelaHungarian Father (uncredited)
Monte BlueMcAuliffe (uncredited)
Tommy BondWillie (uncredited)
Harry C. BradleySpectator (uncredited)
Ethel Clayton(uncredited)
Chester CluteMr. Cobbler (uncredited)
Jimmy ConlinBurt (uncredited)
Nell CraigMrs. Nelson (uncredited)
Laura Hope CrewsApple Annie (uncredited)
George DavisWaiter in French Pavilion (uncredited)
Marjorie DeanneGirl with Oliver (uncredited)
John DilsonDoctor (uncredited)
Ann DoranDemonstrator in Store (uncredited)
Paul FierroGentleman on Boat (uncredited)
James FlavinRecruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Ray FlynnPasserby (uncredited)
Linda GageNurse (uncredited)
Jack GardnerClerk (uncredited)
Margaret HayesLola Martin (uncredited)
Grace HayleMrs. Bixby (uncredited)
Vinton HayworthGentleman on Boat (uncredited)
Maynard HolmesScion on Boat (uncredited)
Kenneth HunterElderly Gentleman (uncredited)
Lilyan IreneYvonne (uncredited)
Alice KeatingNurse (uncredited)
Milton KibbeePostman (uncredited)
Patricia KnoxTelephone Operator (uncredited)
Charles LaneCensus Taker (uncredited)
Kate Drain LawsonLandlady (uncredited)
Francis Marion(uncredited)
Wanda McKay(uncredited)
Paul McVeyGentleman on Boat (uncredited)
George Meader(uncredited)
Sid MeltonBarker (uncredited)
Frances MorrisNurse (uncredited)
Cliff NazarroBurt's Companion (uncredited)
Ella Neal(uncredited)
Ralph PetersBox Office Man (uncredited)
Jean Phillips(uncredited)
Lee PratherBarker (uncredited)
Wally RairdenPedestrian (uncredited)
Gus ReedBusinessman (uncredited)
Jack RiceOliver (uncredited)
Keith RichardsYoung Man (uncredited)
Cyril RingSpectator (uncredited)
Marshall RuthSpectator in Broadcast Studio (uncredited)
Regis ToomeyJim Martin (uncredited)
Philip Van ZandtPeddler (uncredited)
Herb VigranBarker (uncredited)
Pauline WagnerSwitchboard Operator (uncredited)
Delmar WatsonHungarian Boy (uncredited)
Gloria Williams(uncredited)
Ken CarpenterMaster of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Sam McDanielHenry (uncredited)
Jack CarrBarker (uncredited)
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