One, Two, Three (1961), The Awful Truth (1937), Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), Spite Marriage (1929), The Divorce of Lady X (1938), Lonely Wives (1931), A Kiss in the Dark (1949), Her Husband's Affairs (1947) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Marital Farce movies.
Storyline: Post-war Berlin is the microcosm of the polarization of West and East; American and Soviet. C.R. MacNamara's Coca-Cola's head of West Berlin operations, His life goes into a spin when he must deal with the visit of Scarlett Hazeltine; the 17yo spoilt daughter of his boss. On the same day Mac hears Mr. & Mrs. Hazeltine will be iarriving in a day, he also learns Scarlett's married Otto Ludwig Piffl, a staunch East German Communist. Mac also learns Scarlett's pregnant, Mac has to get Otto, and turn him into a respectable young man for the soon-to-be arriving boss... and Otto's father-in-law.
Plot Keywords: comedy, political satire, cold war, billy wilder, cultural clash, absurd plot, satirical humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Barbara Vance, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. Smith, their pet fox terrier, and Lucy doing her most flamboyant Dixie Belle Lee impersonation as Jerry's brassy "sister" before his prospective bride's scandalized family.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, divorce, farce, classic, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: US multi-millionaire Michael Barndon marries his eight wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to "tame" him.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, satire, classic, hollywood, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances, he dons someone else's tuxedo and races to the theatre. When Trilby's co-star boyfriend gets engaged to a socialite, she marries Elmer to get even, assuming Elmer is a millionaire (since his clothes are so snazzy.) But she's clearly still in love with her scoundrelous co-star, and her manager makes her leave Elmer, trying to pay him off so the papers don't hear about her marriage to a "cheap pants presser." Can Elmer win her love? Maybe a sea voyage will help.—<bletzler@lan.tjhsst.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, silent film, 1920s, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon), the woman he thinks his client will soon be divorcing.—H. A. Lakatos <lakatos@mail.utexas.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, misunderstanding, marriage, divorce, courtroom, london ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A lonely husband whose wife has been away hires a lookalike impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. Confusion prevails when his wife returns that evening.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, farce, infidelity, seduction ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Snooty concert pianist Eric Phillips is tired and beginning to fear he's losing his talent. His condition is not helped when he discovers he's the owner of an apartment building and the tenants have a long list of grievances. His manager suggests he move into the building for a rest, an idea that initially does not appeal to Eric. He begins to feel differently as he becomes involved in the lives of his eccentric tenants, especially a pretty model named Polly.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, film noir, misunderstanding, love triangle, marriage, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ad man/genius William Weldon resents his wife Margaret's meddling in his business, even though her suggestions are often on target. The situation gets put to its toughest test when Weldon tries to market an eccentric inventor's embalming fluid, which turns out to be a hair remover.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, marital relationship, farce, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a world tour that seems never to end. Anita is mildly annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, but his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. As for her plan to retire in a farmhouse, forget it. Finally, she's had enough and disappears for real...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, marriage, drama, classic, 1930s, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A man (Jerry Lewis) is told by his doctor (Peter Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. At his wife's urging, he lives life to the fullest, racking up insurmountable debts. When the damage is done, his friend the doctor tells him that he's not dying. Unfortunately, his life will eventually be ruined by his actions. So, they decide to stage his death so that his wife and family will not have to suffer for what he's done. Lewis eventually discovers that his friend, the doctor, set the entire scenario up so that he could get Lewis' wife.—<duggarr@erols.com> / edited by Rob
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, 1960s, american film, color film ...
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