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6.9/10   175 votes
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Director:
Writers:
George Seaton (screenplay) &
Ken Englund (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
13 February 1941 (Sweden) more
Genre:
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Screwball more (5 total)

Cast

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Loretta Young ... June Cameron

Ray Milland ... Dr. Timothy Sterling
Reginald Gardiner ... John R. Pierce
Gail Patrick ... Marilyn Thomas
Edmund Gwenn ... Dr. Lionel Sterling
Frank Sully ... Louie Slapcovitch
Gordon Jones ... O'Brien
Georges Metaxa ... Jean Rovere
Charles Halton ... Dr. Streeter
Joseph Eggenton ... Dr. Nielson
Paul McAllister ... Dean Lawton
Chester Clute ... Johnson
Hal K. Dawson ... Charlie
Edward Van Sloan ... Burkhardt
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min (TCM print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #6039) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Several people are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Edgar Buchanan (Doorman), Walter Sande (Charlie's Photographer), Frank Darien (Greenwich Editor), William Austin (Hotel Manager), Nell Roy (Telegraph Operator) and Mary Gordon (Scrub Woman). more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tim is passed out drunk on June's bed, the hair on his forehead disappears and then reappears between shots. more
Quotes:
June Cameron: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That man in there really isn't my husband. He's a... he's a prowler!
Reporter: Lady, I don't care what your husband does for a living.
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Soundtrack:
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride) more

FAQ

Why is the PCA certificate number listed as 6039 when onscreen it is clearly 3052?
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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Screwball, 31 August 2007
9/10
Author: aberlour36 from United States

This is a delightful screwball comedy, a generally overlooked film that fans of the genre will find exceptional. Loretta Young plays a rather hard-boiled writer who encounters a physician-professor, Ray Milland, and the two soon pretend to be married, for mutually advantageous reasons. They do not get along. Young's manager and Milland's girlfriend (Roland Young and Gail Patrick) add complications to the story which, of course, has a happy ending. The acting is first-rate. Who would have thought that Young could convince you that she was tough andcynical. And Milland does his own version of Cary Grant as well asanyone. The supporting cast is also excellent. Gail Patrick as anairhead "other woman" should amuse all students of film. The script istight and witty; the director handles matters with great skill. In short, this is a minor triumph for Harry Cohn and Columbia pictures. On a scale of one to four, it would be at least a 3 1/2

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