The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
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Fiercely independent authoress June Cameron (Loretta Young) has no time for men in her life. Chauvinistic medical college professor Timothy Sterling (Ray Milland) has no use for women. So guess who is mistaken for June's husband, and guess who is forced by circumstances to pretend that she's married? The Doctor Takes a Wife maintains its exhausting comic pace until about five minutes before the end, when the scriptwriters are forced to take a breather to tie up all the loose plot ends. The "fantasy" closing gag went over so well that Columbia Pictures utilized variations of it in several subsequent screwball comedies. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Loretta Young, Ray Milland, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alexander Hall, Alexander Hall, (more)
Synopsis of The Doctor Takes a Wife
Fiercely independent authoress June Cameron (Loretta Young) has no time for men in her life. Chauvinistic medical college professor Timothy Sterling (Ray Milland) has no use for women. So guess who is mistaken for June's husband, and guess who is forced by circumstances to pretend that she's married? The Doctor Takes a Wife maintains its exhausting comic pace until about five minutes before the end, when the scriptwriters are forced to take a breather to tie up all the loose plot ends. The "fantasy" closing gag went over so well that Columbia Pictures utilized variations of it in several subsequent screwball comedies. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Doctor Takes a Wife
- Loretta Young - June Cameron
- Reginald Gardiner - John Pierce
- Edmund Gwenn - Dr. Lionel Sterling
- Gordon Jones - O'Brien
- Charles Halton - Dr. Streeter
- Paul McAllister - Dean Lawton
- Hal K. Dawson - Charlie
- Dorothy Appleby - Woman
- Edgar Dearing - Motor Cop
- Wesley Giraud - Western Union Boy
- Virginia Sale - School Teacher
- Frank Orth - New York Editor
- Ian MacLaren - Professor
- Olin Howland - Hotel Clerk
- John Wray - Farmer
- Ann Lee - Maid
- Catherine Courtney
- Charles Lane - Reporter
- Helen Ainsworth - Amazon
- Sumner Getchell - Man
- Vernon Dent
- Don Beddoe
- Spencer Charters - Mr. Quinn
- Ray Milland - Dr. Timothy Sterling
- Gail Patrick - Marilyn Thomas
- Frank Sully - Slapcovitch
- George Metaxa - Jean Rovere
- Joseph Eggenton - Dr. Nielsen
- Chester Clute - Johnson
- Erville Alderson - Harrison
- Irving Bacon - Gas Station Attendant
- Edward Gargan - Doorman
- Gertrude Sutton - Mabel
- Renie Riano - Telegraph Operator
- Myra Marsh - Lydia Johnson
- Jane Keckley - Mrs. Quinn
- Mary Gordon - Scrubwoman
- Dorothy Ann Seese
- Jane Goude - Mrs. Nielson
- Charlotte Treadway
- William Austin - Hotel Manager
- Edward Van Sloan - Burkhardt
- Edward Earle
- Frank Darien - Greenwich Editor
- Edgar Buchanan - Doorman
- Director(s):
- Alexander Hall, Alexander Hall
- Writer(s):
- Ken Englund, George Seaton
- Producer(s):
- William Perlberg
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