I Married a Woman (1958)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Hal Kanter

Writer:

Goodman Ace (written by)

Release Date:

March 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

What happens to the MOUSE when the CHEESECAKE bites back? (original poster)

Plot:

Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake.

Plot Keywords:

Winner | Advertising | Mother In Law | Marriage | Model

Cast

George Gobel	...	Marshall 'Mickey' Briggs
Diana Dors	...	Janice Blake Briggs aka Miss Luxembourg
Adolphe Menjou	...	Frederick W. Sutton
Jessie Royce Landis	...	Mrs. Blake, Janice's Mother
Nita Talbot	...	Miss Anderson, Briggs' Secretary
William Redfield	...	Eddie Benson, Elevator Operator
Stephen Dunne	...	Bob Sanders
John McGiver	...	Girard, Sutton's Lawyer
Angie Dickinson	...	Screen Wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stanley Adams	...	Cabbie (uncredited)
Suzanne Alexander	...	Camera Girl (uncredited)
Suzanne Ames	...	Luxembourg Girl (uncredited)
Kay Buckley	...	Camera Girl (uncredited)
Jeanne Carmen	...	Camera Girl (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire	...	Texan at Phone Booth (uncredited)
John C. Daly	...	Young Law Clerk (uncredited)
Joan Dixon	...	Mrs. John Wayne (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Pageant Woman (uncredited)
Paul Gary	...	Doorman (uncredited)
Louise Glenn	...	Camera Girl (uncredited)
Greg Gobel	...	Young Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Richard Grant	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Marilyn Hanold	...	Luxembourg Girl (uncredited)
Marie Harmon	...	Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Sam Lee	...	Elevator Repairman (uncredited)
Lou Lubin	...	Tailor (uncredited)
Sidney Marion	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Ann McCrea	...	Luxembourg Girl (uncredited)
Cheerio Meredith	...	Mrs. Wilkins, Woman on Elevator (uncredited)
Gloria Moreland	...	Miss Fredericks (uncredited)
Mary Morlas	...	Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall	...	Old Cop (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Jack Pepper	...	Crawford (uncredited)
Joe Ploski	...	Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Mabel Rea	...	Camera Girl (uncredited)
Dick Ryan	...	Official (uncredited)
Al Shaw	...	TV Repairman (uncredited)
Charles Tannen	...	Young Cop (uncredited)
Julius Tannen	...	Tim Smith, Sutton Advertising (uncredited)
John Wayne	...	Himself / Leonard (uncredited)

Directed by
Hal Kanter

Writing credits
Goodman Ace		(written by)

Produced by
William Bloom	....	producer

Original Music by
Cyril J. Mockridge

Cinematography by
Lucien Ballard		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Kennie Marstella		(as Kenneth Marstella)

Art Direction by
Albert S. D'Agostino
Walter E. Keller

Set Decoration by
Dorcy Howard
William Stevens

Costume Design by
Howard Shoup		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist
Harry Maret	....	makeup supervisor (as Harry Maret Jr.)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Pommer	....	assistant director (as John E. Pommer)

Sound Department
Terry Kellum	....	sound
Frank Webster	....	sound

Special Effects by
Linwood G. Dunn	....	special photographic effects (as Linwood Dunn)

Editorial Department
Otto Ludwig	....	supervising editor

Production Companies

• Gomalco Productions

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1958) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S | USA:Approved | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Gomalco Productions

Trivia:

Filmed between mid-July and late August 1956, the movie's run in Los Angeles began on May 14, 1958.

Is this the Duke she fantasized about?

I Married a Woman was made in 1958 at the height of George Gobel's career. George is playing his usual henpecked character from television with an overbearing boss, an interfering mother-in-law, a dissatisfied advertising client and a few other things that make his life an adventure. But if you were married to the statuesque Diana Dors, somehow a lot of those problems would seem small. They don't for Mr. Gobel.

Gobel was a very big name in television at this time with a Saturday night variety show for NBC at 10:00 pm. I still remember from my youth the booming TV announcer for NBC announcing their fabulous Saturday night line up of COMO, CAESAR, GOBEL. It was sure superior to NBC's line up now.

Watching George Gobel for me is a piece of nostalgia. And looking at the shapely Diana Dors in a tight dress is reason enough itself to watch this film. Gobel's humor doesn't quite translate to the big screen however. You get the feeling you're watching one long skit from his old TV show.

One of the gags that doesn't quite work is have John Wayne make an unbilled appearance as Diana Dors's idea of a romantic leading man. Romantic? John Wayne? Wayne makes two appearances in the film. In a movie theater where Gobel and Dors are watching the Duke and Angie Dickinson mouthing some meaningless romantic dialog with the Duke looking quite debonair.

I have to believe that this was a gag meant for someone like Cary Grant or Tyrone Power who were great romantics on the screen. The Duke just looks ridiculous doing this. Maybe that in itself was a gag.

I'll let you be the judge if you see this film.