Le Lien sacré

Original title: Made for Each Other

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6.2/10

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James Stewart and Carole Lombard in Le Lien sacré (1939)

While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.

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While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins total

Jim Hatton
(uncredited)

Donald Briggs

Mr. Carter
(uncredited)

Harlan Briggs

Judge
(uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Ranger on Telephone
(uncredited)

Frederick Chapin

Younger Doolittle
(uncredited)

Russ Clark

Omaha Radio Operator
(uncredited)

Monte Collins

Juror
(uncredited)

James Conaty

Co-Worker
(uncredited)

Director
- John Cromwell
Writers
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Trivia
David O. Selznick's experience of trying to have life-saving serum flown in for his critically ill brother was the basis for the flying sequences ending the movie.

Goofs
When John Mason (Jimmy Stewart) visits Judge Doolittle's home in the middle of the night, as John is pleading with the judge's brother Simon to wake up the judge, Simon mouths the exact words John is saying as he is saying them, showing his memorization of the script.

Quotes
Lily, Cook #3: Never let the seeds stop you from enjoying the watermelon.
Jane: That's all right if you've got a watermelon.
Lily, Cook #3: You mustn't say that, Miss Mason. Yous got your watermelon, but you chokes yourself up on all them little seeds. I always say "Spit 'em out! Spit 'em out before they spoil the taste for the melon."

Crazy credits
Opening credits start with hands signing "Carole Lombard" and "James Stewart" to a marriage license.

Alternate versions
Also available in a computer colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Cinema Toast: Familiesgiving (2021)

Soundtracks
Made For Each Other
(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Oscar Levant
Lyrics by Harry Tobias
Written for the movie and probably played instrumentally

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Featured review

5/10

promising pairing

NY lawyer John Mason (James Stewart) is newly married to Jane (Carole Lombard) despite the disapproval of his mother. They are supposed to take a honeymoon cruise to Europe but his nearly-deaf boss Judge Doolittle implies taking a big case away from him. Doolittle promotes co-worker Carter as partner over him. The couple has a boy and they struggle to make ends meet.

The pairing of Stewart and Lombard is very promising. In the end, this lacks a structure for the drama. It's more like a run-on sentence of a family drama. It also doesn't help to be missing the courtship. It needs a meet-cute and a good relationship progression. It feels like a laundry list of melodramas rather than a good flowing plot. Their difficult marriage leaves any chemistry with the leads in a precarious position. At its core, I find it hard to feel the love sometimes. Their individual screen presence is undeniable but this movie fails to capitalize on them.