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In Name Only (1939)

7 | Aug 18, 1939 (US) | Drama, Romance | 01:34
widow pneumonia car crash wealthy single mother double cross duplicity loveless marriage hospitalization country cottage scheming wife manipulative woman

A woman trying to live her own life-A man who wouldn't let her-A wife living without love, fighting them both with the bitter weapons of a desperate heart!

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.

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Cary Grant
Alec Walker
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Carole Lombard
Julie Eden
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Kay Francis
Maida Walker
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Charles Coburn
Richard Walker
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Helen Vinson
Suzanne
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Katharine Alexander
Laura
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Jonathan Hale
Dr. Gateson
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Nella Walker
Mrs. Walker
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Alan Baxter
Charley
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Maurice Moscovitch
Dr. Muller

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CinemaSerf
6 | Jun 22, 2022
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..