And So They Were Married

1936
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1h 14m

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Mary Astor and Melvyn Douglas in And So They Were Married (1936)

A bitter divorce and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel cut off by a snowstorm, and begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the roman... Read allA bitter divorce and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel cut off by a snowstorm, and begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the romance never gets off the ground.A bitter divorce and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel cut off by a snowstorm, and begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the romance never gets off the ground.

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Melvyn Douglas

Stephen Blake

Mary Astor

Edith Farnham

Edith Fellows

Brenda Farnham

Jackie Moran

Tommy Blake

Donald Meek

Hotel Manager

Dorothy Stickney

Miss Peabody

Romaine Callender

Mr. Snirley

Douglas Scott

Horace

Ernie Alexander

Drunk
(uncredited)

Margaret Armstrong

Horace's Mother
(uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

Fred Cutler - Hotel Clerk
(uncredited)

Beatrice Blinn

Hotel Guest
(uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Police Captain
(uncredited)

Al Bridge

Motorcycle Cop
(uncredited)

Joe Caits

Captain of Waiters
(uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Jailer
(uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis

Hotel Guest
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Several people are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Jay Eaton (Assistant Clerk), Ernie Alexander (Drunk), Charles Arnt (Captain of Waiters) and Gennaro Curci (Greek).

Goofs
After the boy drops a Christmas ornament on Brenda's head, his father chases him around the tree yelling "Tommy, Tommy", but once the camera switches angle to the top looking down on the tree Brenda and Tommy point up to see the boy who had thrown the ornament and Tommy throws his own ornament up to the boy. At that point the father is heard yelling "Jackie." This is the actor's real name, not the character's name.

Quotes
Stephen Blake: Women - well, after all they do make gentlemen of us.
Tommy Blake: Yes, and that's the trouble!

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown over a snowy, winter scene, a reference to the lodge where the story takes place.

Soundtracks
Jingle Bells
(1857) (uncredited)
Music by James Pierpont
Played on piano by an unidentified man at the lodge

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6/10

family friendly drama during the film code

Both Astor and Douglas had been in films for years by this time, so we know it'll be a good film. And with Donald Meek, there should be some good antics coming ahead. Too bad they didn't give him a larger part. Blake (Douglas) and Farnham (Astor), and Farnham's daughter are the only guests in a hotel locked in by snow. SO much talking.. this one MUST have started out as a play. According to IMDb, the snow scenes were done at Donner Pass. That is just west of Reno, about 7 hours north of Burbank, so that would have made for a fun winter outing for the actors. Mr. Snirley and Miss Peabody are hotel employees, determined to accompany the only two guests every second, much to their (and OUR !) annoyance. Then Blake's son shows up, and the rest of the film is about the plotting between the two children. Kind of a fun note to hear them talk about esperanto, which has actually been around since 1887. It's okay. No big surprises. Mildly entertaining. Pretty whitewashed and bland for the film code. Astor and Douglas would also make "There's always a Woman" together, as well as a couple television episodes. Directed by Elliott Nugent.