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In Name Only is a 1939 romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, directed by John Cromwell. It was based on the 1935 novel Memory of Love by Bessie Breuer. The fictional town where it is set, Bridgefield, Connecticut, is based on the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
In Name Only: Directed by John Cromwell. With Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn. After a wealthy man finds out his wife is a gold digger, he meets and falls for a widowed mother, and complications ensue.
Cary Grant and Carole Lombard star in the heart-wrenching romantic drama of a young widow, the man she loves selflessly and the woman who is his wife In Name...
Onscreen, the film In Name Only (1939) depicts a frustrating love triangle between a desperate man, his scheming wife, and the woman he truly loves. Off screen, the film provided three very different opportunities for its leading cast.
Overview. 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. John Cromwell. Director. Bessie Breuer. Novel. Richard Sherman. Screenplay. Reviews. Written by CinemaSerf on June 22, 2022.
In Name Only. Wealthy Alec Walker (Cary Grant) finds himself in a depressing and passionless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis), and is shocked to discover that she has heartlessly married him...
Based on Memory of Love, a novel by Bessie Breuer, In Name Only is soap opera par excellence, blessed with a peerless cast. Carole Lombard plays widow Julie Eden, who meets and falls in love with unhappily married Alec Walker (Cary Grant).
