Marriage Is a Private Affair

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Marriage is a Private Affair
Bronislau Kaper
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • August 23, 1944 (1944-08-23)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,508,000[1]
Box office$2,649,000[1]

Marriage is a Private Affair is a 1944 war-comedy film, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, based on novel Marriage Is a Private Affair (1941) by Judith Kelly. It stars Lana Turner, Frances Gifford and James Craig.

Plot

Turner and Gifford

During

alcoholic, constantly disappearing, which requires Tom to work to fill in for him with defense contracts, making bomber lenses for the war effort
. Theo turns to her dashing old flame, Major Lancing. To decide what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must learn to grow up, and deal with the failings of those around her, and resist following their bad example.

Cast

Reception

According to Hollywood Reporter news items, Marriage Is a Private Affair was the first Hollywood film to have a world premiere specifically for U.S. combat forces overseas. Lana Turner made a personal appearance at the premiere, which modern sources note took place on September 23, 1944 at a theater in Naples, Italy. In October 1944, According to MGM records the film earned $1,934,000 in the US and Canada and $715,000 elsewhere, making a $237,000 profit.[1]

Radio adaptation

Marriage Is a Private Affair was presented on Screen Guild Theatre on June 17, 1946. Turner and Hodiak reprised their roles from the film.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "Radio's Golden Age". Nostalgia Digest. 40 (2): 40. Spring 2014.

External links

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