The Lady Is Willing (1942 film)
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| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Screenplay by | James Edward Grant Albert McCleery |
| Story by | James Edward Grant |
| Produced by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Starring | Marlene Dietrich Fred MacMurray Aline MacMahon Stanley Ridges Arline Judge Roger Clark |
| Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Music by | W. Franke Harling "I Find You" (song) by Jack King (music) and Gordon Clifford (lyrics) |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lady is Willing is a 1942 American screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen, produced by Columbia Pictures and starring Marlene Dietrich and Fred MacMurray.[1]
Plot
[edit]Stage actress Elizabeth Madden finds an abandoned baby and discovers a longing to be a mother. To adopt the baby, however, she must be married. To that end she convinces divorced pediatrician Dr. Corey McBain to marry her.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Marlene Dietrich as Elizabeth Madden-McBain
- Fred MacMurray as Dr. Corey T. McBain
- Aline MacMahon as Buddy
- Stanley Ridges as Kenneth Hanline
- Arline Judge as Frances, the first Mrs. McBain
- Roger Clark as Victor
- Marietta Canty as Mary Lou, the housekeeper
- David James as Baby Corey
- Ruth Ford as Myrtle
- Harvey Stephens as Dr. Golding
- Harry Shannon as Detective Sergeant Barnes
- Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Cummings
- Charles Lane as K. K. Miller
- Murray Alper as Joe Quig
- Kitty Kelly as Nellie Quig
Reception
[edit]In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther called The Lady Is Willing "a very stagy exhibition in rather revolting taste" and wrote: "Where it should be tender and simple it is maudlin and over-dressed. And where the romantic business should be delicate it is coarse and lickerish. ... The lady is too willing and not sufficiently sincere."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Lady is Willing profile
- ^ "The Lady is Willing (1942) - Mitchell Leisen | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (1942-04-24). "The Screen in Review". The New York Times. p. 21.
External links
[edit]- The Lady is Willing at IMDb
- The Lady Is Willing at the TCM Movie Database
- The Lady is Willing at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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