A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.A couple who have been married for three years are shocked to learn that their marriage is not legally valid.
Pamela Blake
- Lily
- (as Adele Pearce)
Ernie Adams
- Bellhop
- (uncredited)
Ernie Alexander
- Bellhop at Lodge
- (uncredited)
Murray Alper
- Harold - Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCarole Lombard directed Sir Alfred Hitchcock's cameo and made him do repeated takes.
- GoofsBecause the Smiths entered into the marriage in good faith and were unaware at the time that the marriage was invalid, their marriage is, in fact, still legal under American law.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- SoundtracksThe Sidewalks of New York
(1894) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor
In the score during scenes at Mamma Lucy's
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Carole and Hitch
According to the Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Carole Lombard prevailed upon Alfred Hitchcock to direct one her comedy films as a favor. Since Hitchcock admired her talent he did so.
It's important to remember that this is a Carole Lombard film and view it that way. Viewed as such it's not a bad marital comedy though if one is expecting certain Hitchcock touches they won't be there.
Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard are a constantly spatting married couple. They love each other, but to them arguing is like exercise. In a moment of oneupsmanship Montgomery answers in the affirmative to a question by Lombard as to whether he'd marry her if he had to do it all over again.
His words come back to haunt him when Charles Halton from Lombard's hometown in Idaho and says that because of a technicality they're not legally married. Montgomery spends the rest of the film trying to win Lombard back.
Some of the best movie comedies have been made on a premise flimsier than this one. Mr.&Mrs. Smith is not the best of comedies, but it is far from the worst.
I have a feeling that Alfred Hitchcock may have had Lombard in mind for future projects more of his own taste. I can see her easily in some of his later films. Lombard was only 32 when she died.
Pity we'll never know.
It's important to remember that this is a Carole Lombard film and view it that way. Viewed as such it's not a bad marital comedy though if one is expecting certain Hitchcock touches they won't be there.
Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard are a constantly spatting married couple. They love each other, but to them arguing is like exercise. In a moment of oneupsmanship Montgomery answers in the affirmative to a question by Lombard as to whether he'd marry her if he had to do it all over again.
His words come back to haunt him when Charles Halton from Lombard's hometown in Idaho and says that because of a technicality they're not legally married. Montgomery spends the rest of the film trying to win Lombard back.
Some of the best movie comedies have been made on a premise flimsier than this one. Mr.&Mrs. Smith is not the best of comedies, but it is far from the worst.
I have a feeling that Alfred Hitchcock may have had Lombard in mind for future projects more of his own taste. I can see her easily in some of his later films. Lombard was only 32 when she died.
Pity we'll never know.
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- bkoganbing
- Jan 16, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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