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In Name Only

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Producing House

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1939-08-18

Runtime: 94 mins

Director: John Cromwell

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: In Name Only

Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

G

Geronimo1967
Kay Francis is actually quite nasty and certainly steals the limelight in this gentle, sightly plodding, dark melodrama about a wealthy man (Cary Grant) who falls for her charms not realising that all she ever really wanted was his cash. Meantime he has fallen in love with "Julie Eden" (Carole Lombard) and we embark on a sort of emotional drama of deceit and divorce. It has some comical elements and the three stars along with the occasional contributions from Charles Coburn keep it going. It's all a bit of a soap-opera, but worth watching, though..
2022-06-22

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