I Married a Doctor (1936)

Director:

Archie Mayo

Writers:

Casey Robinson (screenplay), Sinclair Lewis (novel),

Stars:

Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pat O'Brien	...	Dr. William P. Kennicott
Josephine Hutchinson	...	Carol Kennicott
Ross Alexander	...	Erik Valborg
Guy Kibbee	...	Samuel Clark
Louise Fazenda	...	Bea Sorenson
Olin Howland	...	Dave Dyer
Margaret Irving	...	Maude Dyer
Alma Lloyd	...	Fern Winters
Grace Stafford	...	Vera Sherwin
Ray Mayer	...	Miles Bjornstam
Robert Barrat	...	Nels Valborg
Hedwiga Reicher	...	Bessie Valborg
Willard Robertson	...	Guy Pollock
Edythe Elliott	...	Mrs. Clark (as Edith Elliott)
Thomas Pogue	...	Reverend Champ Perry

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

amputation | fourth of july | bridge card game | rural setting | airplane | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 1936 (USA)

Also Known As:

Main Street

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, First National Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Frank Sully (Assistant Butcher), Tom Wilson (Farmer), Lottie Williams (Maid) and Jacqueline Saunders (Maid).

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Connections

Version of Main Street (1923)

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Soundtracks

"A Good Old Fashioned Cocktail (With a Good Old Fashioned Gal)"
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as dance music at the country club

User Reviews

The Downside Of Small-town Life

Despite its inane title, this is a strong little movie. Pat O'Brien is excellent, as are the supporting players.

I am a sucker for movies about the joys of country living. Two that come to mind are "Mother Carry's Chickens" and "The Get-Away." Yet, there is a reason I live in Manhattan and not in a small town, which I did as a teenager.

This is the story of a sophisticated woman who tries to be liked by the townspeople where well loved doctor O'Brien practices. It is an uphill battle. The woman are envious and catty. The men are staunchly unwelcoming.

She is drawn to the son of a prosperous farmer, the artistic Erik (Ross Alexander.) Though her interest is only in helping him attain his artistic goals, tongues start wagging. (This despite the fact that neither seems interested in members of the opposite sex, he most noticeably.) Even Doc O'Brien doubts her fidelity and she leaves, Alexander having been rather quickly disposed of in a car accident of which she is unaware.

O'Brien is enormously likable here; so coming back to him does make sense. Coming back to this horrid little town, which she does at the very end, however, does not. There is no reason to think she will be made to feel any more welcome than before her departure.