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A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Helen Ainsworth
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Erville Alderson
- Harrison - Printer
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Appleby
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- (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
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- TriviaThe film was meant to star Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.
- GoofsThe "Himmelweiss" portrait -- straight when Tim first hangs it over the dresser -- is suddenly askew in the following shot, and again straight in the shot after that.
- Quotes
June Cameron: Look, Johnny. I don't know anything about marriage.
John R. Pierce: Oh, what's that got to do with it? Dante didn't have to go to hell to write his "Inferno."
- Crazy creditsCredits are written in chalk on the sidewalk as pedestrians walk over them.
- ConnectionsReferenced in 1941 (1979)
- SoundtracksBridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Played for a church wedding in Greenwich, Connecticut
Later sung by an unidentifed singing telegram boy quartet with modified lyrics
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Just don't watch it with a migraine!
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) is not a movie to watch when you're on the downside (or any side) of a migraine. The "meet cute" in this Ray Milland and Loretta Young farce doesn't go easy on the ears in the first few scenes. I had to turn it off and try again later. I'm so glad I did because I discovered a real gem.
Yes, you could insert Cary Grant and Irene Dunne and this movie would probably still be known today. But that was not to be and doesn't really matter once these two stop screaming at each other. When they do, they play quite well together and have great chemistry.
Milland is extremely dashing and handsome. He's also very expressive and his comic timing and minor slapstick ability really shine. Interestingly, he's a doctor doing research on migraines and the medical jargon used is accurate. Loretta Young is always lovely, yet even she allows herself to get a little harried for the sake of the role. She's the feminist that finds herself in a pickle of a marriage ruse and is encouraged by her publisher to play along.
Edmund Gwenn leads a terrific supporting cast and, as Milland's father, plays matchmaker as he often does. There are a few scenes that were so funny that I went straight for the rewind button. The two goofy football players set up one of the greatest. Of course, there's the fiancé, deadlines, meetings, pride, and all of the typical ploys to throw a wrench in a possible relationship. This is a romcom and a great one at that, so I'll let you draw your own conclusions. Suffice it to say that it has an ending I really adored and then went straight for the rewind button yet again.
Yes, you could insert Cary Grant and Irene Dunne and this movie would probably still be known today. But that was not to be and doesn't really matter once these two stop screaming at each other. When they do, they play quite well together and have great chemistry.
Milland is extremely dashing and handsome. He's also very expressive and his comic timing and minor slapstick ability really shine. Interestingly, he's a doctor doing research on migraines and the medical jargon used is accurate. Loretta Young is always lovely, yet even she allows herself to get a little harried for the sake of the role. She's the feminist that finds herself in a pickle of a marriage ruse and is encouraged by her publisher to play along.
Edmund Gwenn leads a terrific supporting cast and, as Milland's father, plays matchmaker as he often does. There are a few scenes that were so funny that I went straight for the rewind button. The two goofy football players set up one of the greatest. Of course, there's the fiancé, deadlines, meetings, pride, and all of the typical ploys to throw a wrench in a possible relationship. This is a romcom and a great one at that, so I'll let you draw your own conclusions. Suffice it to say that it has an ending I really adored and then went straight for the rewind button yet again.
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By what name was The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) officially released in Canada in English?
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