Trivia: Thelma Ritter plays Ellen McNulty, mother of Val McNulty (John Lund). In real life, Ritter was only nine years older than Lund.

The Mating Season (1951)
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Starring: Gene Tierney, Thelma Ritter, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins
Genres: Comedy
Ellen McNulty: When you stop worrying, you'll be dead.
Ellen McNulty: Never eat standing up, and never cook sittin' down.
Fran Carleton: If your father were alive, he'd turn over in his grave.




