Doctor Takes a Wife, The
Columbia Pictures (1940)
Comedy
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#3904
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IMDB   7.0
1 hr 29 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
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
Helen Ainsworth Amazon
Director
Alexander Hall
Producer William Perlburg
William Perlberg
Writer Ken Englund
Aleen Leslie

Minor but entertaining screwball-comedy about a feminist writer (Loretta Young) and a doctor (Ray Milland) who meet while on vacation but hate each other from the start. After a mix up the media makes a mistake an announces that they were married so the two must pretend to be so that they can keep their careers. There's nothing overly special about this film but it does contain enough laughs to make it entertaining. It was nice seeing Young play a feminist as she's constantly shouting and holding her head up high while at the same time playing the sweet and loving wife as a joke. Her sweetness mixes perfectly well with Milland's dry humor and he really shines with his comic timing. The only really weak segment of the film comes when Milland is rushing between two apartments while trying to keep his girlfriend from finding out Young is in the other apartment. Reginald Gardiner and Gail Patrick add nice support as the editor and Milland's other girl. Edward Van Sloan has a small, thankless role as well.
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