Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage.

Director:

Don Hartman

Writers:

Stephen Morehouse Avery (screen play collaboration), Eleanor Harris (story),

Stars:

Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cary Grant	...	Dr. Madison Brown
Franchot Tone	...	Roger Sanford
Diana Lynn	...	Julie Howard
Betsy Drake	...	Anabel Sims
Alan Mowbray	...	Mr. Spitzer
Elisabeth Risdon	...	Mary Nolan
Richard Gaines	...	Sam McNutt
Harry Hayden	...	Gogarty
Chick Chandler	...	Soda Clerk
Leon Belasco	...	Violinist
Fred Essler	...	Pierre
Anna Q. Nilsson	...	Saleslady

Storyline

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | trapped into marriage | jealousy | molestation | bachelor | 

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Taglines:

"Every Girl Should be Married" says Cary Grant, Noted Bachelor Baby Doctor, so she took his advice and married HIM!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Don Hartman's Production of Every Girl Should Be Married

Filming Locations:

Union Square, San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In a scene in his office between he and his nurse-employee, Cary Grant performs a dead-on impression of his co-star Betsy Drake - who he would soon marry in real life.

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Goofs

When the insurance man shows the new car to Anabel on the street, the pole of the microphone is reflected against a window behind the actors.

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Connections

Referenced in The Costume Designer (1950)

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Soundtracks

"La mer"
(uncredited)
Music by Charles Trenet and Albert Lasry
Played often throughout the picture

User Reviews

Every feminist should watch this

That was just my little dig at the PC crowd. This movie may be an anachronism for today's society, but it is a fun watch, and a highly entertaining movie. It stars Cary Grant and Betsey Drake. Betsy plays a goofy girl with a good heart, who pursues the seemingly unattainable Grant, who she fell for after they met at a magazine rack in a local store. She is smitten and pursues him like a woman obsessed. Grant is a pediatrician, who has no interest in her whatsoever. She creates what seem like chance meetings, much to the chagrin of Grant. He is wise to her antics and just finds them amusing, knowing full well that this relationship will never get off the ground . I as a viewer thought to myself that there is no way this good looking successful man is going to fall for this goofy and strange person. If that happened today he would probably get a restraining order out against her. The two of them have this wonderful interplay that is very amusing. He does a brief imitation of her to someone, and it is dead on. I always wondered if he improvised that scene. I won't tell you the ending, since you may not have seen it, but it is a surprise. Betsy Drake and Cary Grant were married soon after doing this movie together. I believe the marriage lasted 10 years. Give it a shot. They certainly don't make them like this anymore