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Overview
Release Date:
21 November 1941 (USA) morePlot:
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Forgotten Gem of a Sophisticated Marital Comedy moreCast
(Credited cast)| Claudette Colbert | ... | Lydia Kenyon | |
| Ray Milland | ... | Tony Kenyon | |
| Brian Aherne | ... | Jim Blake | |
| Binnie Barnes | ... | Myrtle Vantine | |
| Walter Abel | ... | George Gore | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Frederick Vantine | |
| Mona Barrie | ... | Charlette Gorell | |
| Ernest Cossart | ... | Theodore | |
| James Rennie | ... | Ned Franklyn | |
| Leonard Mudie | ... | Jewelry clerk | |
| Warren Hymer | ... | Big man in subway car | |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | Small man in subway car | |
| Edward Fielding | ... | Scholarly man in subway car | |
| Leon Belasco | ... | Long-haired man in subway car | |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Ferryman |
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92 minCountry:
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This is one of those marvelous films that get lost every once in a while. Adapted from the hit Broadway play, it breezily and sophisticatedly takes on a wife whose husband is so workaholic as to ignore her on their fifth anniversary and a romantic gigolo who is more than happy to win her away from him. Colbert and Aherne are in top form as the wife and boyfriend. The script is acerbic, witty, urbane and wise. It is marvelous sophisticated fun and a delightful adult romp. Although only receiving a minor Oscar nom for Sound (nothing special), it was ignored in deserving categories (Screenplay, Art Direction, Score). Seek this one out - well worth it.