Also known as A Miracle Can Happen, On Our Merry Way is a multipart comedy linked by inquiring reporter Burgess Meredith. It is Meredith's job to interview several people, asking them what effect children have had on their lives. First he checks with two itinerant musicians (James Stewart and Henry ...more
On Our Merry Way is a middling anthology film, a genre in which the completed film rarely works out overall but often contains some worthy highlights. In Merry, the joys come more from the actors than from the material, which is surprisingly dull. However, watching James Stewart and Henry Fonda engaging in a rare team effort -- a slapsticky comedic one at that -- is a treat, especially since their story is slightly better written than the others. Fred MacMurray and William Demarest have to slog ...more
- Burgess Meredith - Oliver Pease
- Paulette Goddard - Martha Pease
- Fred MacMurray - Al
- James Stewart - Slim
- Hugh Herbert - Eli Hobbs
- Dorothy Lamour - Gloria Manners
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer - Zoot
- Walter S. Baldwin - Livery Stable Man
- Nana Bryant - Housekeeper
- Paul E. Burns - Boss--Want Ad Dept
- Eduardo Ciannelli - Maxim Cordova
- Chester Clute - Bank Teller
- Joe Devlin - Parent
- Greta Granstedt - Secretary
- George Stevens - Director
- King Vidor - Director
- Leslie Fenton - Director
- Burgess Meredith - Producer
- Benedict E. Bogeaus - Producer
- Laurence Stallings - Screenwriter
- Lou Breslow - Screenwriter
- Duncan Cramer - Art Director
- Ernst Fegte - Art Director
- Greta - Costume Designer
- James Smith - Editor
- Heinz Roemheld - Composer (Music Score)
- David Chudnow - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Charles Henderson - Musical Direction/Supervision






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