Question 1

Which famous stars were originally meant to star in The Doctor Takes a Wife?

Accepted Answer

The film was meant to star Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.

Question 2

Why did New Yorkers in 1930s movies often get married in Connecticut?

Accepted Answer

New York required blood tests, a waiting period, and license, while Connecticut allowed instant marriage with no red tape.

Question 3

Which actors in this film also played romantic losers to Fred Astaire?

Accepted Answer

Reginald Gardiner lost Joan Fontaine to Astaire in 'A Damsel in Distress' and Georges Metaxa lost Ginger Rogers to Astaire in 'Swing Time'.

Question 4

What real-life quintuplets are referenced in a line about a difficult delivery?

Accepted Answer

Farmer Joe says 'Just so it ain't quintuplets,' referring to the Dionne Quintuplets, the first to survive infancy, born in 1934 in Ontario, Canada.

Question 5

What is the mutual advantage that drives the plot of The Doctor Takes a Wife?

Accepted Answer

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it mutually advantageous to falsely claim that they are married.

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