Mr. & Mrs. Smith
by Alfred Hitchcock
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Actor: Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Jack Carson, Philip Merivale, Robert MontgomeryDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Brand: TURNER HM ENTERTAINM
Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Sr.
Editor: William Hamilton
Producer: Harry E. Edington
Writer: Norman Krasna
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie Review: "Look at that cat. He won't even touch it."
Summary: 5 Stars
This breezy and sophisticated marital romp from the pen of Norman Krasna has a stunningly beautiful Carole Lombard in her prime and a funny performance from Robert Montgomery to make it topflight entertainment. Montgmery, who starred in many sophisticated comedies during the 1930's and discovered a new career when noir came along in the 1940's is marvelous here, matched only by the wonderful Lombard.
Alfred Hitchcock took this film because it was a chance to work with her, and the results are fabulous. This film ranks right up there with "The Awful Truth" but is not mentioned nearly as often, perhaps because Hitchcock was involved. That is a real shame indeed. As marital farces on film go, this one is as enjoyable as any.
Lombard simply glows as the adoring but volatile wife of lawyer Robert Montgomery, who spends more time follwing her rules for a perfect marriage than he does at the office. When it is discovered that their union in Idaho actually crossed a county line into Nevada and is not legal, Montgomery thinks it will be fun to have a mistress for one evening before telling her, but soon discovers differently when it backfires in his face! While Lombard gets a job and starts dating her husband's business partner, Montgomery gets some advice from a funny Jack Carson on how to get her back and spends the rest of the film trying to make her his Valentine-- or else!
There are some hilarious scenes in Krasna's script played perfectly by Lombard and Montgomery. Montgomery's obsession with a bowl of soup even the cat won't eat will have you laughing out oud, as will Lombard's pretending his old buddy is with her in the cabin in Lake Placid next to Montgomery; who has, of course, followed her there, faking injury to keep an eye on her. Perhaps the funniest moment here, however, comes when Montgomery tries to give himself a bloody nose so he can squirm out of a date. It will have you rolling on the floor!
This is another great RKO classic and one of the director's best. While it perhaps runs out of steam a bit late in the film, a terrific ending reminiscent of Gregory La Cava's "Fifth Avenue Girl" with Ginger Rogers makes it all worthwhile. Montgomery is absolutely superb and Lombard, dressed in gowns by Irene, is as beautiful as she is funny. Lombard and Montgomery are a match made in Hollywood heaven and you don't want to miss this one.
Summary of Mr. & Mrs. Smith
SOPHISTICATED NEW YORK COUPLE DAVID AND ANNIE SMITH HAVE AN UNUSUAL MARRIAGE WITH AN INORDINATE NUMBER OF RULES AND REGULATIONSSimilar DVD Movies
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