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It is a movie with the same name. A comedy directed by Alfred Hitchcock (I’ve heard that name before somewhere). Also starring Robert Montgomery. About a married loving but squabbling couple that find out that a technicality means that they aren’t married. And he sort of toys with the idea of romancing his wife again, not knowing that she had heard too and been expecting him to propose again . And things get out of control and a romantic triangle develops. It was the penultimate Lombard movie. It is reported that Carole Lombard supported Roosevelt and would repeatedly put Roosevelt stickers on Republican Party member Montgomery’s Rolls-Royce.Yes like @Snarky Oracle said, the 1950s had different morals/values so if a woman slept with a man she was also expected to get married to him.
I think I read in JC's book that the guy got her drunk and then after the deed was done her parents convinced him to get married to their daughter.
The marriage was a disaster.
Is that movie an earlier version of the Mr. and Mrs. Smith movie that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt made or is it just the name that's the same?
They had wanted Cary Grant to star in Mr and Mrs Smith but he wasn’t available. Carole Lombard had previously wanted Cary Grant for Hands Across The Table but Katharine Hepburn had requested him at Paramount for Sylvia Scarlett. So Fred MacMurray was cast to work with Carole Lombard. Carole worked with Cary Grant in In Name Only, which RKO had previously bought for Katharine Hepburn.
I’m due to watch Bringing Up Baby tomorrow.
Although I’m returning to Carole Lombard for a double bill with George Raft in Bolero and Rumba.