The Doctor Takes a Wife

• Director: Alexander Hall
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Screwball Comedy
• Main Cast: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn
• Release Year: 1940
• Country: US
• Run Time: 89 minutes

Plot

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, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Loretta Young - June Cameron
• Ray Milland - Dr. Timothy Sterling
• Reginald Gardiner - John Pierce
• Gail Patrick - Marilyn Thomas
• Edmund Gwenn - Dr. Lionel Sterling

Frank Sully - Slapcovitch; Gordon Jones - O'Brien; George Metaxa - Jean Rovere; Charles Halton - Dr. Streeter; Joseph Eggenton - Dr. Nielsen; Paul McAllister - Dean Lawton; Chester Clute - Johnson; Hal K. Dawson - Charlie; Erville Alderson - Harrison; Dorothy Appleby - Woman; Irving Bacon - Gas Station Attendant; Don Beddoe; Edgar Buchanan - Doorman; Spencer Charters - Mr. Quinn; Frank Darien - Greenwich Editor; Edgar Dearing - Motor Cop; Vernon Dent; Edward Earle; Edward Gargan - Doorman; Sumner Getchell - Man; Wesley Giraud - Western Union Boy; Mary Gordon - Scrubwoman; Olin Howland - Hotel Clerk; Jane Keckley - Mrs. Quinn; Ian MacLaren - Professor; Myra Marsh - Lydia Johnson; Frank Orth - New York Editor; Renie Riano - Telegraph Operator; Virginia Sale - School Teacher; Gertrude Sutton - Mabel; Edward Van Sloan - Burkhardt; Helen Ainsworth - Amazon; William Austin - Hotel Manager; Charles Lane - Reporter; Charlotte Treadway; Catherine Courtney; Jane Goude - Mrs. Nielson; Ann Lee - Maid; Dorothy Ann Seese; John Wray - Farmer

Credit

Alexander Hall - Director, Viola Lawrence - Editor, Morris W. Stoloff - Musical Direction/Supervision, Sidney Hickox - Cinematographer, William Perlberg - Producer, Aleen Leslie - Screen Story, Ken Englund - Screenwriter, George Seaton - Screenwriter