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He Married His Wife (1940)

He Married His Wife poster
Directed by
Roy Del Ruth
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A race horse owner tries to get his ex-wife to remarry so he can stop paying alimony. The plan backfires in unexpected ways.

lightheartedfast-pacedcomedicplayfulbittersweetclassicromanticwitty

What happens

He Married His Wife is a 1940 film about a race horse owner (Joel McCrea) who wants his ex-wife (Nancy Kelly) to remarry so he'll no longer have to pay alimony. This movie is a black-and-white comedy released January 19, 1940, directed by Roy Del Ruth and written by John O'Hara, among others. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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