In the Meantime, Darling

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In the Meantime, Darling

Production

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The screenplay continued to undergo extensive changes as filming progressed, and on February 4, 1944, the ''[[Los Angeles Examiner]]'' reported the project was in trouble. [[Joseph Breen]], who headed the [[Production Code Administration]], was certain the [[British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Censors]] would object to a scene showing the newlywed couple in bed and recommended Preminger restage it, although the shot remained in both the US and UK releases. It was the first film to show a married couple in bed since the [[Motion Picture Production Code]] was established in 1934, a fact that greatly pleased Preminger.''The World and Its Double'', pp. 33-34
The screenplay continued to undergo extensive changes as filming progressed, and on February 4, 1944, the ''[[Los Angeles Examiner]]'' reported the project was in trouble. [[Joseph Breen]], who headed the [[Production Code Administration]], was certain the [[British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Censors]] would object to a scene showing the newlywed couple in bed and recommended Preminger restage it, although the shot remained in both the US and UK releases. It was the first film to show a married couple in bed since the [[Motion Picture Production Code]] was established in 1934, a fact that greatly pleased Preminger.''The World and Its Double'', pp. 33-34


During filming, the director realized [[Eugene Pallette]], cast as Maggie's father, was "an admirer of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] [and] was convinced that Germany would win the war." Preminger also discovered the actor was a [[racism|racist]] when he refused to sit next to [[African American]] cast member [[Clarence Muse]] and used a racial slur to refer to him. Infuriated, the director immediately fired Pallette and, although he remains in scenes he already had filmed, the remainder of his role not yet shot was eliminated from the script.''The World and Its Double'', p. 34
According to Preminger, he realized during filming that [[Eugene Pallette]], cast as Maggie's father, was "an admirer of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] [and] was convinced that Germany would win the war." Preminger stated that he also discovered the actor was a [[racism|racist]] when he refused to sit next to [[African American]] cast member [[Clarence Muse]] and used a racial slur to refer to him. Preminger writes that he immediately fired Pallette and, although he remains in scenes he already had filmed, the remainder of his role not yet shot was eliminated from the script.''The World and Its Double'', p. 34 It supports Preminger's claim that Pallette was subsequently used only in smaller film productions until his retirement from the film industry in 1946.


After principal photography was completed, the screenplay underwent more revisions in order to enhance the screen presence of Jeanne Crain. After these additional scenes were filmed in late March 1944, the film's title was changed yet again to ''In the Meantime, Darling''.
After principal photography was completed, the screenplay underwent more revisions in order to enhance the screen presence of Jeanne Crain. After these additional scenes were filmed in late March 1944, the film's title was changed yet again to ''In the Meantime, Darling''.
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