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He Married His Wife

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5.1/10 • 8

1940-01-191h 23m

Here's the season's happiest comedy hit! The fun's uproarious...the romance too frantic for words!

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.

Directors
Roy Del Ruth

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  1. Joel McCrea

    Joel McCrea

    T.H. Randall

  2. Nancy Kelly

    Nancy Kelly

    Valerie

  3. Mary Boland

    Mary Boland

    Ethel

  4. Cesar Romero

    Cesar Romero

    Freddie

  5. Roland Young

    Roland Young

    Bill Carter

  6. Mary Healy

    Mary Healy

    Doris

  7. Lyle Talbot

    Lyle Talbot

    Paul Hunter

  8. Elisha Cook Jr.

    Elisha Cook Jr.

    Dicky Brown

  9. Barnett Parker

    Barnett Parker

    Huggins

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CinemaSerf

Jan 10, 2024

5/10

This might have played out better had there not been a glaring inevitability to the denouement right from the start! Racehorse owner "Randall" (Joel McCrea) and ex-wife "Valerie" (Nancy Kelly) are having a dance when the cops show up and arrest him for non-payment of alimony. It's only a short term glitch, but sets the scene for a film that sees him desperate for her to marry again and get her hands out of his wallet! To that end he has the support of his lawyer "Carter" (Roland Young) and to be fair to "Valerie", she has no shortage of suitors. The more they try to fix her up, though, the more things seem to go wrong with their (not so) cunning plans. "Freddie" (Cesar Romero) and "Paul" (Lyle Talbot) seem to be the front runners as we head into the home straight and that's where predicability swoops in and well, there you have it. For much of this, Kelly reminded me of Barbara Stanwyck but if only. She rather meanders through the film adding little by way of chemistry with any of her would-be beaus while McCrea just doesn't come across as if he's enjoying one bit of this lightly comedic affair. It's a fun premiss but executed indifferently.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
screwball comedy