Ex-Lady (1933)

Directed by

Robert Florey

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple lives together happily without marriage until the man pushes for a wedding. The woman worries this will ruin their relationship, and after they marry, their new stresses test their bond. With help from a drunken friend, they find their way back to each other.

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What happens

Ex-Lady is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy/drama film directed by Robert Florey. The screenplay by David Boehm is a remake of the Barbara Stanwyck film Illicit (1931), both crediting a story (actually a play) by Edith Fitzgerald and Robert Riskin. The film focuses on a pair of lovers, commercial illustrator Helen Bauer (Bette Davis) and advertising writer Don Peterson (Gene Raymond), who have been living together quite happily (in separate apartments) for some time. One night, after hiding in Helen's bedroom until their party guests have all left, Don announces that he is tired of sneaking around. He wants marriage—and possibly children—and Helen finally agrees, although she is afraid that it will wreck their relationship. Her predictions of trouble—increased by the stresses of opening their own advertising agency—come true, but in the end, with the serendipitous intervention of their perpetually inebriated friend, Van (Frank McHugh), they reconcile and resume the mixed blessings of wedded bliss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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