IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.
Pamela Blake
- Lily
- (as Adele Pearce)
Ernie Adams
- Bellhop
- (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
- Bellhop at Lodge
- (uncredited)
Murray Alper
- Harold - Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCarole Lombard directed Sir Alfred Hitchcock's cameo and made him do repeated takes.
- GoofsBecause the Smiths entered into the marriage in good faith and were unaware at the time that the marriage was invalid, their marriage is, in fact, still legal under American law.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Crimes et délits (1989)
- SoundtracksThe Sidewalks of New York
(1894) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor
In the score during scenes at Mamma Lucy's
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It's unfair to look over this film because it is not a true Hitchcock film. It's still a great film, and a great screwball comedy. It is very funny and contains at least two of the funniest scenes I've ever seen, the one where Robert Montgomery plans to have premarital sex with Lombard, thinking she doesn't know that they aren't married, and the restaurant scene, where Montgomery pretends to talk to a really pretty girl who's sitting next to him. You can just barely see Hitchcock in this film - there are a few marvelous camera movements and angles that seem like Hitchcock was sighing, saying, "God, I'm bored!" The two leads, Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery, are wonderful. Everyone else, Gene Raymond as Jeff and Jack Carson as Chuck (he's especially hilarious; I wish he had had even more scenes!), and everyone else, too, is constantly hitting bullseyes.
Unfortunately, in the last 20 or 30 minutes of the film, it begins to fall apart, after the plot moves to Lake Placid. First off, it's begins to grow tiresome. Lombard is starting to come off as unnecessarily cruel. The faux drunken mumblings of Montgomery aren't as funny as they're supposed to be. Jeff's parents are getting in the way. At least the final scene makes up for some of that! 8/10.
Unfortunately, in the last 20 or 30 minutes of the film, it begins to fall apart, after the plot moves to Lake Placid. First off, it's begins to grow tiresome. Lombard is starting to come off as unnecessarily cruel. The faux drunken mumblings of Montgomery aren't as funny as they're supposed to be. Jeff's parents are getting in the way. At least the final scene makes up for some of that! 8/10.
Details
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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