Married and in Love
{{Infobox film
| name = Married and in Love
| image =
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| director = John Farrow
| producer = Robert Sisk
| screenplay = S. K. Lauren
| based_on = play Distant Fields by S. K. Lauren
| narrator =
| starring = Alan Marshal
Patric Knowles
Barbara Read
| music =
| cinematography = J. Roy Hunt
| editing = Harry Marker
| studio = RKO
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1940|1|19|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=652 | title=Married and in Love: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 12, 2014}}}}
| runtime = 59 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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Married and in Love is a 1940 American film directed by John Farrow.
Plot
A doctor, Leslie Yates, and a writer, Doris Wilding, once romantically involved, run into each other after a long time apart. Both are now married to other people.
Leslie asks her, along with their spouses, to dinner. Their love for one another is reignited. Helen, tipsy after dinner, lets Leslie know she can tell he's fondly remembering his former flame. Leslie's guilt gets the better of him, Helen having financed his way through medical school, but his heartstrings are pulling him in another direction.
Things come to a head when Paul walks in on his wife and Leslie sharing a kiss. Although they are hesitant to continue with plans for the four to again meet for dinner, they all do. During the course of events, everyone realizes he or she is wed to the right person after all.
Cast
- Alan Marshal as Leslie
- Patric Knowles as Paul
- Barbara Read as Helen Yates
- Helen Vinson as Doris
Production
The film was based on a play Distant Fields which had been presented in London in 1937.{{Cite news|title=Gossip of the Rialto |date=Jul 14, 1935|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|101430610}}}} RKO bought the film rights in October 1937 intending to make it a vehicle for Barbara Stanwyck.{{Cite news|title=News of the Screen |date=Oct 21, 1937|work=New York Times}} Rowland V. Lee was assigned to direct.{{Cite news|title=News of the Screen |date=Nov 27, 1937|work=New York Times}} Jesse L. Lasky announced the film would be done in the style of 1933's The Power and the Glory and that Herbert Marshall, Joan Bennett and Joel McCrea would be sought to play support roles.{{Cite news|title=News of the Screen |date=Nov 30, 1937|work=New York Times}} However plans to make the film were thrown into disarray when Stanwyck refused to make the movie and was placed on suspension.{{Cite news|title=News of the Screen |date=Jan 10, 1938|work=New York Times}}
In June 1939 RKO announced they still intended to film the play.{{Cite news|title=New RKO Program Lists 256 Pictures |date=Jun 20, 1939|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|103037926}}}} John Archer and Barbara Read were announced for the roles intended for Joel McCrea and Stanwyck. Eventually Archer was replaced by Patric Knowles.{{Cite news|author=Schallert, E.|title=Drama|date=Jul 22, 1939|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|164948970}}}}{{Cite news|title=News of the Screen|author=Douglas W Churchill |date=Oct 13, 1939|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|103042288}}}}
Filming began 19 October 1939.{{Cite news|title=Screen News Here and in Hollywood |author=Douglas W Churchill|date=Nov 1, 1939|work=New York Times}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032764/ Married and in Love] at IMDb
- [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D02E0DD1031E43ABC4A53DFB466838B659EDE Married and in Love] at New York Times
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Category:1940 romantic drama films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:English-language romantic drama films