The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
- Directed by
- Alexander Hall
- Genre
- romantic comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A best-selling author and a medical instructor pretend to be married even though they dislike each other. Their fake relationship causes complications and unexpected feelings.
lightheartedwittyplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicalbanter-filledcheerfulscrewball
What happens
The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick and Edmund Gwenn. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Young and Milland portray a best-selling author and medical school instructor, respectively, who find it convenient to pretend to be married, even though they initially loathe each other. Young had recently left 20th Century Fox after turning down Darryl F. Zanuck's offer of a new contract and going freelance, it was her first film at Columbia since Man's Castle in 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Curtain Call (1940)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.