
Come and Get It(1936)
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.


“A woman trying to live her own life-A man who wouldn't let her-A wife living without love, fighting them both with the bitter weapons of a desperate heart!”
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Cary Grant
Alec Walker

Carole Lombard
Julie Eden

Kay Francis
Maida Walker

Charles Coburn
Richard Walker

Helen Vinson
Suzanne

Katharine Alexander
Laura

Jonathan Hale
Dr. Gateson

Nella Walker
Mrs. Walker

Alan Baxter
Charley

Maurice Moscovitch
Dr. Muller
In Name Only is a drama, romance film released in 1939 exploring themes of widow, pneumonia, car crash, wealthy, single mother, double cross. Directed by John Cromwell, it stars Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis. A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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