Love is fickle! Love is blind! She runs 'round the country...with him behind!
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
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Comic, classical in form, warm and relentless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Claudette ColbertGeraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
- Joel McCreaTom Jeffers
- Mary AstorThe Princess Centimillia
- Rudy ValleeJohn D. Hackensacker III
- Sig ArnoToto
- Robert WarwickMr. Hinch
- Arthur Stuart HullMr. Osmond
- Torben MeyerDr. Kluck
- Jimmy ConlinMr. Asweld
- Victor PotelMr. McKeewie
Crew
- Preston SturgesDirector
- Preston SturgesScreenplay
- Victor MilnerDirector of Photography
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Stuart GilmoreEditor
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My Man Godfrey 193678% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, warm.
Blithe Spirit 194578% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, warm.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 195377% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, warm.
Coming to America 198876% alikeBoth comic, warm, classical in form.
Not the Nine O'Clock News 197969% alikeSeries · Both comic, classical in form, warm.
The Muppet Show 197668% alikeSeries · Both comic, warm, effortless.
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