Mr. & Mrs. Smith
I have a tremendous backlog of films that I started on this past weekend.
Yes, I know that I have like five Van Johnson movies to watch, including Plymouth Adventure, a story of the pilgrims and the very first Thanksgiving. But this movie was totally worth skipping V-Jo over.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is Alfred Hitchcock's lone foray into screwball comedy. It's a pretty entertaining piece of fluff, and at ninty-five minutes, I would definitely watch it again.
The titular Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard) find out that they are not really married at the beginning of the film. From this problem, the plot springs forth, because, you see, David has told his bride that if he had to do it all over again -- referring to marrying her -- he wouldn't. Oh, David, it's called a polite lie!
Ann finds out that she isn't properly married and leaves David after he doesn't remarry her. She eventually gets engaged to a lovely Southern gentleman, despite the fact that his family doesn't quite approve of her. However, there's one problem: Ann is still in love with David.
And David continues to pop up in the same places and Ann and her fiancee. He even tries to make Ann jealous by pretending to be with a society lady instead of the low-class broad his friend Chuck (Jack Carson) has set him up with.
In the end, David cons Ann into thinking that he has fallen deadly ill at a ski lodge. She cares for him until she realizes that he's been pulling a fast one on her. She tries to leave David, but after a confrontation with her fiancee's family and a realization that she still loves David, Ann decides to stay with him and all ends happily.
As I said before, I really enjoyed Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Robert Montgomery is oddly attractive, despite his round face. And Carole Lombard is a superb comedian and managed to make her role pretty funny. I would definitely think about watching it again.
FILE UNDER: Classic Films
Yes, I know that I have like five Van Johnson movies to watch, including Plymouth Adventure, a story of the pilgrims and the very first Thanksgiving. But this movie was totally worth skipping V-Jo over.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is Alfred Hitchcock's lone foray into screwball comedy. It's a pretty entertaining piece of fluff, and at ninty-five minutes, I would definitely watch it again.
The titular Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard) find out that they are not really married at the beginning of the film. From this problem, the plot springs forth, because, you see, David has told his bride that if he had to do it all over again -- referring to marrying her -- he wouldn't. Oh, David, it's called a polite lie!
Ann finds out that she isn't properly married and leaves David after he doesn't remarry her. She eventually gets engaged to a lovely Southern gentleman, despite the fact that his family doesn't quite approve of her. However, there's one problem: Ann is still in love with David.
And David continues to pop up in the same places and Ann and her fiancee. He even tries to make Ann jealous by pretending to be with a society lady instead of the low-class broad his friend Chuck (Jack Carson) has set him up with.
In the end, David cons Ann into thinking that he has fallen deadly ill at a ski lodge. She cares for him until she realizes that he's been pulling a fast one on her. She tries to leave David, but after a confrontation with her fiancee's family and a realization that she still loves David, Ann decides to stay with him and all ends happily.
As I said before, I really enjoyed Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Robert Montgomery is oddly attractive, despite his round face. And Carole Lombard is a superb comedian and managed to make her role pretty funny. I would definitely think about watching it again.
FILE UNDER: Classic Films
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