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Third Finger, Left Hand

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Uninterested in an office romance, successful fashion journalist Margot Sherwood Merrick (Myrna Loy) goes to great lengths to conceal the fact that she's single. To ward off potential beaus, including painter Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas), she wears a fake wedding ring and tells everyone she already has a husband. When Jeff realizes that Margot doesn't have a spouse, he decides to make her pay for her deception by posing as her husband, leading to a comical rivalry and a surprising romance.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times Trifling but sometimes amusing. Oct 2, 2023 Full Review George Orwell Time and Tide An ancient theme, but wittily presented. Oct 2, 2023 Full Review Francisco J. Ariza Cine-Mundial The movie entertains well and largely. [Full review in Spanish] Sep 16, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Great cast and a terrible thin script. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Frances H What do I think of this movie? Not much. A big disappointment. You see Myrna Loy and Melvin Douglas and yo think, this could be good, but not a good script here, so unlike these two in Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House, they fall flat here. But Mr. Blandings had Cary Grant in the mix and a terrific script! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/13/21 Full Review Audience Member Okay comedy is greatly elevated by it's star, Myrna Loy. In this film she plays a high powered magazine editor, who in order to fend off advances from male colleagues pretends to have a husband no one has ever seen, which is where the comedy in the film derives. You might think this was an early feminist indictment of societal sexism, but this film is more just a light comedy that that took what could have been a more pointed satire and ends up being a rather dull comedy that's made watchable by virtue of it's stars, Loy and Melvyn Douglas (who plays her artist suitor). Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Myrna Loy

Margot Sherwood Merrick

Melvyn Douglas

Jeff Thompson

Raymond Walburn

Mr. Sherwood

Lee Bowman

Philip Booth

Bonita Granville

Vicky Sherwood
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Synopsis Uninterested in an office romance, successful fashion journalist Margot Sherwood Merrick (Myrna Loy) goes to great lengths to conceal the fact that she's single. To ward off potential beaus, including painter Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas), she wears a fake wedding ring and tells everyone she already has a husband. When Jeff realizes that Margot doesn't have a spouse, he decides to make her pay for her deception by posing as her husband, leading to a comical rivalry and a surprising romance.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Producer
John W. Considine Jr.
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 19, 2011
Runtime
1h 38m