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17 February 1942 (USA) moreTagline:
WHAT'S A DOOR TO A MAN WHO ADORES A WOMAN? (original poster - all caps) morePlot:
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Lisa Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Lady is Willing and So Should You in Seeing this Film ***1/2 moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Marlene Dietrich | ... | Elizabeth 'Liza' Madden |
 | Fred MacMurray | ... | Dr. Corey T. McBain |
 | Aline MacMahon | ... | Buddy |
| Stanley Ridges | ... | Kenneth Hanline |
| Arline Judge | ... | Frances |
| Roger Clark | ... | Victor |
| Marietta Canty | ... | Mary Lou |
| David James | ... | Baby Corey |
| Ruth Ford | ... | Myrtle |
| Harvey Stephens | ... | Dr. Golding |
| Harry Shannon | ... | Detective Sergeant Barnes |
| Elisabeth Risdon | ... | Mrs. Cummings |
 | Charles Lane | ... | K.K. Miller |
| Murray Alper | ... | Joe Quig |
| Kitty Kelly | ... | Nellie Quigg |
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92 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #7822) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:S | Spain:T | Sweden:BtlFun Stuff
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Early in the shooting, Marlene Dietrich severely injured her right ankle in a fall, and her entire right leg had to be placed in a cast. That's why in this film she is always shown in full-length outfits (gowns, slacks, etc.) and just one shot of her unclothed leg is seen, and that is in shadow. moreQuotes:
Kenneth Hanline: I'd do anything for you. I'll write notes for you, I'll defraud managers for you, I'll steal babies for you. I'll do anything for you, but I won't marry you. moreSoundtrack:
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Wonderful 1942 film with Marlene Dietrich as a Broadway star who finds a baby and marries a pediatrician so that she can keep the baby. Of course, the story deals with them finding their way to love eventually as well as the situations they encounter such as phony parents showing up to take the child, and the doctor's first wife showing up to create further havoc.
Fred MacMurray is absolutely charming as the doctor and Dietrich showed how quite adept she was at comedy. Aline MacMahon co-stars as a wise-cracking assistant to Dietrich. This kind of role was normally assigned to Eve Arden.
Naturally, there is the end-of-film crisis where MacMurray has to operate and Dietrich sheds those tears. It's well worth it.