And So They Were Married (1936)
It’s an inarguable fact that any number of actors and actresses could have played in It Happened One Night, and in And So They Were Married, Mary Astor and Melvyn Douglas prove they would have been every bit as good as the two who were eventually cast. It’s hate at first sight for the couple, who meet over the holidays at a ski lodge. Due to an avalanche, they’re the only guests in the hotel, much to the chagrin of the manager, Donald Meek, and they’re forced to spend time together.
Then, once they’ve fallen in love, their young children, Edith Fellows and Jackie Moran, meet. It’s hate at first sight for them, too, and they pair up with the united goal of breaking up their parents. They try fighting, throwing things, pushing one another down the stairs, all to show their parents that if they were to marry, as the title suggests, living together would be intolerable. But, since this is a romantic comedy, I’m sure you can probably guess how everything turns out.
If you like the cast and these types of meet-cutes, you might like this movie. It was a little too much hate and not enough love for me, so this one isn’t my favorite. Jackie Moran was adorable, though, and in his first movie he already seemed like a veteran in front of the camera.
My favorite scene shows how Mary and Edith are happy with their female-only lives, prior to Melvyn’s intrusion. Mary gets ready to tell her daughter a bedtime story, and she starts, “It’s about seven men, and every last one of them was eaten by an alligator.” Edith grins and knows she’ll like the story. Why spoil things with a romance? For my money, I like Young Ideas infinitely better, another Mary Astor romance that her children try to break up.
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Then, once they’ve fallen in love, their young children, Edith Fellows and Jackie Moran, meet. It’s hate at first sight for them, too, and they pair up with the united goal of breaking up their parents. They try fighting, throwing things, pushing one another down the stairs, all to show their parents that if they were to marry, as the title suggests, living together would be intolerable. But, since this is a romantic comedy, I’m sure you can probably guess how everything turns out.
If you like the cast and these types of meet-cutes, you might like this movie. It was a little too much hate and not enough love for me, so this one isn’t my favorite. Jackie Moran was adorable, though, and in his first movie he already seemed like a veteran in front of the camera.
My favorite scene shows how Mary and Edith are happy with their female-only lives, prior to Melvyn’s intrusion. Mary gets ready to tell her daughter a bedtime story, and she starts, “It’s about seven men, and every last one of them was eaten by an alligator.” Edith grins and knows she’ll like the story. Why spoil things with a romance? For my money, I like Young Ideas infinitely better, another Mary Astor romance that her children try to break up.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Mary Astor movies here!