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I Do and I Don't

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by Jeanine Basinger


  Motion Picture, 1.1n

  Motion Picture News

  Move Over, Darling, 2.1n

  Movie Mirror

  Moyers, Bill

  Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and n, 3.1

  Mr. and Mrs. North, 2.1n

  Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), 2.1, 3.1n

  Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005), 3.1, 3.2 and n, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5

  Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 3.1

  Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

  Mr. Mom

  Mr. Skeffington, 2.1n

  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 2.1 and n

  Mrs. Mike

  Mrs. Miniver, itr.1, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3

  murder, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9n, 3.1; film noir, 2.10; Gaslight, 2.11, 2.12; gothic, 2.13; Julie, 2.14, 2.15; money and, 2.16, 2.17; of 1960s, 3.2; of 1990s, 3.3; postwar, 2.18n; Rebecca, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21; Sudden Fear, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24; Sunrise, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27; Suspicion, 2.28, 2.29; of 2000s–2010s, 3.4, 3.5; of wife, 2.30

  Murder Man, The, 2.1n

  Muriel’s Wedding

  Murphy, Audie, n

  Murphy, Brittany, n

  Murray, James

  musical improvisation

  musicals, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and n, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6n, 2.7 and n, 2.8; marital incompatibility and, 2.9, 2.10; of 1950s, 2.11; wartime, 2.12, 2.13 and n; see also specific films and shows

  Music for Millions

  music videos, n

  My American Wife

  My Best Friend’s Wedding

  My Cousin Rachel, 2.1n

  My Darling Clementine

  My Favorite Husband

  My Favorite Wife, itr.1n, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and n

  My Life with Caroline

  My Little Chickadee

  My Man Godfrey

  mystery, marriage as, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  My Three Sons, 2.1n

  My True Story, 2.1n

  My Wife’s Best Friend, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  My Wife’s Relations, 1.1

  narratage, n–7n

  Nazism, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3

  Neal, Patricia, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3n

  Negri, Pola, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

  Nelson, David

  Nelson, Harriet

  Nelson, Ozzie, 2.1, 2.2 and n

  Nelson, Ricky, and n

  Nelson, Willie

  Never a Dull Moment

  Newlyweds

  Newman, Paul, 2.1n, 2.2; in From the Terrace, 2.3; in Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6; in Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys, 2.7, 2.8; Woodward and, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11

  New York, New York, 2.1, 3.1

  New York City, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  New Yorker, 3.1n

  New York Times, The, itr.1, 2.1, 3.1

  New York Times Sunday Magazine, 3.1n, 3.2, 3.3

  Next Time I Marry, 2.1n

  Nicholson, Jack, 3.1; in Heartburn, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  nightclubs, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2

  Night to Remember, A, 2.1n

  Ninotchka, 2.1n

  No Down Payment, 2.1n, 2.2, 3.1

  No Man of Her Own, 2.1 and n, 2.2

  No Marriage Ties

  no-name stars

  noncommunication problem

  Nora Prentiss

  Normand, Mabel, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1

  No Room for the Groom, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3n

  Norton, Edward, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  Norworth, Jack, n

  No Sad Songs for Me, 2.1n

  Not with My Wife, You Don’t!

  Novak, Kim, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and n, 3.1

  nuclear couple, 3.1; Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 3.2 and n, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5; The War of the Roses, 3.6, 3.7

  nuclear weapons

  Nugent, Elliott

  Oakie, Jack

  O’Brien, Dave

  O’Brien, Edmund, n

  O’Brien, George, 1.1, 2.1; in Sunrise, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  O’Brien, Margaret

  O’Brien, Pat, n

  obsession

  O’Connell, Evan: Mr. Bridge, 2.1; Mrs. Bridge, 2.2

  Odd Couple, The

  O’Donnell, Cathy, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2

  Office of War Information, and n

  O’Hara, Catherine

  O’Hara, John

  O’Hara, Maureen, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6n, 2.7

  Old Wives for New

  Oliver, Edna May

  Olivier, Laurence, 2.1, 2.2; in Rebecca, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  Olsen, Christopher, 2.1, 2.2

  O’Neal, Ryan

  One Foot in Heaven, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4

  One More River, 2.1n

  One More Tomorrow

  One Week

  On Golden Pond, 3.1n

  Only You

  “Oops! We’re not really married” films, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1n

  Orchestra Wives

  Orient, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1; in Painted Veil films, 2.2; silent-film era, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7

  Original Sin

  Osborne, Vivienne

  O’Sullivan, Maureen, 2.1, 2.2

  Our Betters, 2.1, 3.1

  Our Gang comedies

  Our Modern Maidens

  Our Town, 2.1n

  Ouspenskaya, Maria, 2.1, 2.2

  Outsider, The

  Overboard

  Over 21, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3 and n, 2.4, 2.5

  Owens, Patricia, n

  Ozu, Yasujiro, 2.1, 2.2

  Paige, Janis

  Page, Anita

  Painted Veil, The (1934), 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1; see also Seventh Sin, The

  Painted Veil, The (2006), 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5; see also Seventh Sin, The

  Palance, Jack, 2.1, 2.2

  Palmer, Lilli, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Panama Hattie

  Panthea

  Paramount, n

  Parent Trap, The, 2.1, 2.2

  Paris, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Paris Model

  Parker, Cecilia

  Parker, Eleanor, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6; in The Seventh Sin, 2.7, 2.8; in The Very Thought of You, 2.9, 2.10

  Parker, Suzy

  Parker-Pope, Tara, The Happy Marriage Is the “Me” Marriage

  Partridge Family, The

  Passing Parade series

  Passionate Friends, The, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Pat and Mike, 2.1n, 2.2n, 2.3

  Patrick, Gail, 2.1, 2.2

  Payment on Demand, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Peale, Norman Vincent, n

  Pearl Harbor, bombing of

  Peck, Gregory, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Penelope

  Penny Serenade, itr.1, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  People Will Talk

  Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, itr.1n

  perfect mate, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

  Perfect Murder, A

  Perils of Pauline, The, 2.1n

  Pesci, Joe

  Peters, Jean, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3

  Petersen, Paul

  Pete Smith Specialties, and n

  Petulia

  Pfeiffer, Michelle, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4

  Phffft, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3

  Philadelphia Story, The, 2.1, 2.2n

  Phil Harris—Alice Faye Show, The

  Photoplay, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 2.1

  Pichel, Irving, 1.1, 1.2

  Pickford, Mary, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Pidgeon, Walter, itr.1, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3; Garson and, 2.4 and n, 2.5, 2.6n

  Pillow to Post, 2.1n–7n

  Pinter, Harold

  Pitfall, itr.1, 2.1n

  Pitt, Brad, 3.1, 3.2; in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5

  Pitts, Zasu, n

  plane crash

  Platinum Blonde

  Playboy, 2.1, 2.2

  Play Misty for Me

  Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, 2.1n

  Plough and the Stars, The

  Plummer, Christopher, n

  Poitier, Sidney

  politics, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2; advertising and, 2.3 and n

&nb
sp; Post, William, n

  postwar films, 2.1, 2.2; The Best Years of Our Lives, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5; box office, 2.6; comedy, 2.7; Dear Wife, 2.8; divorce, 2.9, 2.10; film noir, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13n; Full of Life, 2.14, 2.15; husband returns home, 2.16; The Impatient Years, 2.17, 2.18; Janie Gets Married, 2.19; media influence and, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22; of 1950s, 2.23; Phffft, 2.24, 2.25; programmers, 2.26, 2.27; social awareness, 2.28; Vacation from Marriage, 2.29; see also specific films

  poverty, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Powell, Jane

  Powell, William, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5n; in Thin Man series, col1.1, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9

  Power, Tyrone, 2.1, 2.2

  Power and the Glory, The, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  Preacher’s Wife, The

  pregnancy, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12; in Full of Life, 2.13; on I Love Lucy, 2.14n, 2.15; of 1950s, 2.16 and n, 2.17 and n, 2.18; of 1980s, 3.1; postwar baby boom, 2.19; of 2000s–2010s, 3.2

  President’s Lady, The

  Preston, Robert, 2.1, 2.2

  Price, Vincent

  Pride of the Marines

  Primitive Lover, The

  Primrose Path, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Prisoner of Zenda, The

  Private Life of Henry VIII, The

  Prizzi’s Honor

  problems, 2.1; addiction, 2.2; class differences, 2.3; communication, 2.4; competition, 2.5; control, 2.6; in foreign films, 2.7; incompatibility, 2.8; infidelity and adultery, 2.9; in-laws and children, 2.10; lonely war wife, 2.11; money, 2.12; murder, 2.13; of 1950s, 2.14; of 1960s, 3.1; of 1970s, 3.2; of 1980s, 3.3, 3.4; of 1990s, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7; nuclear couple, 3.8; postwar, 2.15; TV sitcom, 2.16n, 2.17; of 2000s–2010s, 3.9, 3.10; wartime, 2.18; weddings, 3.11

  Production Code, 2.1, 2.2; infidelity and, 2.3; see also specific actors, films, problems, and shows

  programmer marriage films, 2.1, 2.2; connection to TV sitcoms, 2.3

  Proposal, The, 2.1n

  Prosperity, 2.1n

  prostitutes, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  Prouty, Jed

  pseudo-married couples

  Public Enemy, The

  Pumpkin Eater, The

  pure marriage films, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5; Made for Each Other, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10; “Oops!” films, 2.11; “realistic”, 2.12; Two for the Road, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and n; vignette, 2.16; without-love marriage, 2.17; “yoo-hoo” films, 2.18

  Quaid, Dennis, 3.1, 3.2

  race relations, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1n, 3.1; of 1960s, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.3; of 1990s, 3.4; postwar, 2.4n

  Rachel and the Stranger, itr.1, 2.1n

  Rachel Gets Married, 3.1n

  radio, 2.1, 2.2; comedy featuring married couples, 2.3; TV sitcom and, 2.4n

  rags-to-riches films

  Rainer, Luise

  Rains, Claude, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys, 2.1, 3.1

  Rambeau, Marjorie, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  Rand, Ayn, The Fountainhead

  Randall, Tony

  Random Harvest, 2.1n

  Rasputin and the Empress

  Rathbone, Basil, 2.1, 2.2

  Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

  Ray, Aldo, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and n, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7

  Ray, Nicholas

  Raymond, Gene, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4

  “realistic” marriage films, 2.1; Made for Each Other, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and n; Two for the Road, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10; We Who Are Young, 2.11

  “realistic” television shows

  Real McCoys, The

  Rebecca, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  Reckless Moment, 2.1n–60n

  Redford, Robert, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1; in The Way We Were, 2.4

  Reed, Donna, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1; in The Donna Reed Show, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  Reeve, Christopher, n

  Reflections in a Golden Eye

  religious marriage

  Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker, The, 2.1n

  remarriage, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  Remick, Lee, 2.1, 2.2

  Renoir, Jean, 2.1, 2.2

  repeating characters, n

  Restless Wives

  Reversal of Fortune

  reviews, itr.1, 1.1n, 2.1, 3.1; see also specific critics and publications

  Revolutionary Road, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Reynolds, Debbie, 2.1n; in Divorce American Style, 3.1

  Reynolds, Joyce

  Reynolds, Ryan, n

  Rice, Florence, n

  Rich and Strange

  Richards, Ann, n

  Richardson, Ralph

  Rigg, Diana

  ring, wedding, and n

  Ringer, 2.1n

  Ringwald, Molly

  Rio Grande

  Riskin, Robert

  Ritter, Thelma, 2.1, 2.2

  RKO, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Road to Singapore, itr.1 and n

  Robards, Jason

  Roberts, Doris, n

  Rockwell, Norman, n

  Rogers, Ginger, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1; Astaire and, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13 and n, 2.14n, 2.15, 2.16; in The Barkleys of Broadway, 2.17 and n, 2.18; in Primrose Path, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21; in Tender Comrade, 2.22; in Vivacious Lady, 2.23, 2.24

  Romance on the High Seas

  romantic comedy, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3, itr.4, 1.1 and n, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1; bickering, 2.6; modern, 2.7n; of 1930s, 2.8n; nuclear marriage, 3.2; “Oops!” films, 2.9; postwar, 2.10, 2.11; silent era, 1.2 and n, 1.3, 1.4; without-love marriage, 2.12; see also comedy; specific films and shows

  “romcoms”, 2.1n, 2.2, 3.1

  Rome

  Rooney, Mickey, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Roosevelt, Eleanor, 2.1, 2.2

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  Roseanna McCoy

  Roseanne, 3.1, 3.2

  Rosemary’s Baby

  Rosie the Riveter, 2.1, 2.2 and n

  Rossellini, Roberto

  Roth, Lillian

  Rowlands, Gena

  Runaway Bride, 3.1, 3.2

  runaway brides, 3.1, 3.2 and n, 3.3

  Rush, Barbara, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

  Russell, Harold

  Russell, Jane, n

  Russell, Rosalind, itr.1, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3n

  Russell, Theresa

  Rutherford, Ann, n

  Ruthless People

  Ryan, Robert

  Sabotage

  Saburi, Shin

  Sachs, Ira

  Sally, Irene and Mary

  Same Time, Next Year

  Sanders, George, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1

  Sandpiper, The, 2.1n, 3.1

  San Francisco, 2.1n

  Saturday Evening Post, 2.1n

  Saturday’s Hero, 2.1n

  Savage, Dan

  Sayonara, 2.1n

  Scarlet Empress, The

  Scenes from a Marriage, 2.1, 2.2 and n, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1

  Schatz, Thomas

  Schreiber, Live, 2.1, 2.2

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold

  Scorsese, Martin

  Scott, George C.

  Scott, Lizabeth, n

  Scott, Martha, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  Scott, Randolph, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Scott, Zachary, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  Screen Guide

  screenplay, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  screwball comedy, itr.1, itr.2n, itr.3, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6n, 2.7n, 3.1; modern, 3.2; see also comedy

  Sea of Grass, The, 2.1, 2.2

  Searching Wind, The, 2.1n

  Secret Heart, The, 2.1, 2.2n

  Secrets (1924), 1.1, 2.1n

  Secrets (1933), 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

  Seems Like Old Times

  Seinfeld, Jerry, n

  Send Me No Flowers, 2.1n, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Sennett, Mack

  Sentimental Journey, 2.1n

  Separation, A, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  series films, 2.1, 2.2 and n; Blondie, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 3.1n; Jones family, 2.10, 2.11 and n, 2.12, 2.13; Kettle series, 2.14, 2.15, 2
.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20; repeating characters, 2.21n; Tarzan, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25n, 2.26n, 3.2n; Thin Man, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30; weekly, 2.31n

  Seven Days’ Leave, 2.1n

  Seventh Sin, The, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4; see also Painted Veil, The (both 1934 and 2006)

  sex, itr.1n, itr.2n, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6; bickering, 2.7; chemistry, 2.8; children as interference, 2.9; gay, 3.1n, 3.2n, 3.3n, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6; infidelity, 2.10; interrupted, 2.11, 2.12; lesbian, 3.7; of 1960s, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11; of 1970s, 3.12; of 1980s, 3.13, 3.14; of 1990s, 3.15; nuclear marriage, 3.16; “Oops!” films, 2.13; postwar, 2.14, 2.15; pure marriage films, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18; sexless couple, 2.19; silent era, 1.1, 1.2; of 2000s–2010s, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20; war and, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25; “without-love” scenario, 2.26

  Sex and the City, 3.1 and n

  Sexual Revolution, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2

  Shakespeare, William, Othello

  Shall We Dance?

  Shapiro, Dana Adam

  Sharp, Margery, Britannia Mews

  Sheedy, Ally

  Sheffield, Johnny, 2.1, 2.2

  Shelton, John

  Sheridan, Ann, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5

  She’s Having a Baby

  Shine On, Harvest Moon, 2.1n

  Shining Hour, The, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Shock to the System, A

  Shoot the Moon

  shorts, 2.1; Pete Smith Specialties, 2.2 and n

  Shulman, Max

  Sidney, Sylvia, 2.1n, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1

  Siegel, Don, n

  silent-film era, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3, 2.4n, 2.5n; “bipolar” approach, 1.2; cautionary tale approach, 1.3, 1.4; comedy, 1.5 and n, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8; of DeMille, 1.9, 1.10; end of, 1.11; infidelity, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16 and n, 2.6; marriage films, 1.17, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9n; tragedy, 1.18, 1.19; two-reelers, 1.20, 2.10; see also actors, directors, films, genres, and themes

  Silver Cord, The, 2.1n

  Simmons, Jean, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

  Simpsons, The

  sin, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Sinatra, Frank, 2.1n, 2.2

  Since You Went Away, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

  Singleton, Penny, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6

  Sirk, Douglas, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4n, 3.1, 3.2

  sisterhood, wartime, 2.1 and n, 2.2, 2.3 and n

  Sisters, The, 2.1 and n

  Sitting Pretty

  situation comedies, 2.1, 2.2n, 2.3; 1950s-60s television, 2.4; programmer films, 2.5; see also television sitcoms

  situations, 2.1; husband returns home from war, 2.2; “lonely war wife” films, 2.3; marry-in-haste films, 2.4, 2.5; of 1950s, 2.6; of 1960s, 3.1; of 1970s, 3.2; of 1980s, 3.3, 3.4; of 1990s, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7; nuclear couple, 3.8; postwar, 2.7; programmers, 2.8; TV sitcoms, 2.9; of 2000s–2010s, 3.9, 3.10; wartime, 2.10; weddings, 3.11; see also specific actors, films, shows, and situations

 

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