Slightly Married, also known as Strange Marriage, is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Evalyn Knapp, Walter Byron and Marie Prevost.[1]

Slightly Married
Directed byRichard Thorpe
Written byMary McCarthy
Produced byGeorge R. Batcheller
StarringEvalyn Knapp
Walter Byron
Marie Prevost
CinematographyM.A. Anderson
Edited byRoland D. Reed
Music byLee Zahler
Production
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Invincible Pictures
Distributed byChesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • October 15, 1932 (1932-10-15)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Drunk upper-class Jimmy Martin saves complete stranger Mary Smith from being sent to jail by backing up her story that she was waiting for a man who was going to marry her when she was arrested at a street corner. The suspicious judge offers to unite them on the spot, but Jimmy takes him up on it. When he sobers up, he falls in love with her, despite already having a fiancée. When his mother finds out, she threatens to have his income cut off (he will not gain control of his fortune for two years). This causes a misunderstanding. Jimmy comes to believe that Mary was interested only in his money when Mary offers to let him out of the marriage, whereas she has really fallen in love with him and merely has his best interests at heart.

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References

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  1. ^ Pitts, p. 91

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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