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      Third Finger, Left Hand

      1940 1h 38m Comedy List
      Reviews 62% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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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 Post a rating

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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
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Apr 19, 2011
      Runtime
      1h 38m