---
title: 'It''s a Date (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Krasna'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/its-a-date-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032644/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# It's a Date (1940)

1940 · 103 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

It's a Date is a 1940 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, and Walter Pidgeon. Based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block, the film is about an aspiring actress who is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more experienced actress, was hoping to get the same part. Their lives are complicated further when they both get involved with the same man. Distributed by Universal Pictures, It's a Date was remade in 1950 as Nancy Goes to Rio.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Krasna](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-krasna), [William A. Seiter](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-seiter), [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak), [Frederick Kohner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-kohner), [Ralph Block](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-block)
- **Screenplay:** [Ralph Block](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-block), [Norman Krasna](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-krasna), [Frederick Kohner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-kohner)
- **Producer:** [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-previn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph A. Valentine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-a-valentine)
- **Editor:** [Bernard W. Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-w-burton)

## Cast

- [Charles Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lane)
- [Leon Belasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-belasco)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette)
- [Eddie Polo](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-polo)
- [Kay Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-francis)
- [Cecilia Loftus](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecilia-loftus)
- [Samuel S. Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-s-hinds)
- [Walter Pidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-pidgeon)
- [Deanna Durbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/deanna-durbin)
- [Virginia Brissac](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-brissac)
- [S. Z. Sakall](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-z-sakall)
- [Fritz Feld](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-feld)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/its-a-date-1940
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