The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

19401h 28mdir. Alexander HallUnited Statesromantic comedy film

With Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Charles Halton, Edmund Gwenn, Edward Van Sloan, Frank Sully, Gail Patrick, Gordon Jones

Directed by Alexander Hall

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The Doctor Takes a Wife is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick and Edmund Gwenn. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Young and Milland portray a best-selling author and medical school instructor, respectively, who find it convenient to pretend to be married, even though they initially loathe each other.

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