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Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

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Directed by
Robert Z. Leonard
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman fakes a marriage to avoid unwanted attention from men and jealous spouses. She meets an artist who pretends to be her husband, making her deception harder to maintain.

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What happens

Third Finger, Left Hand is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas and Raymond Walburn. The screenplay concerns a woman who pretends to be married to fend off would-be suitors and jealous wives, then has to live with her deception when she meets an artist who pretends to be her husband. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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