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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry poster
Directed by
George Schaefer
Genre
romance film, romantic comedy, comedy television program
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy widow tells her upper-class family she wants to marry her Jewish doctor. Both sets of relatives disapprove, and the couple must overcome their families' prejudices.

lightheartedheartfeltgentlewarmsentimentalfamily-focusedromanticmildly tense

What happens

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry is a 1986 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by George Schaefer and starring Katharine Hepburn and Harold Gould which premiered on CBS on Easter Sunday, March 30, 1986. It tells the story of a widow who shocks her upper-class, Anglo-American family when she announces that she has fallen in love with her Jewish doctor. His family is equally unhappy with the news, and both individuals have to fight the prejudices of their families. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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