Come Live with Me (1941)

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James Stewart's last Hollywood film before entering military service, Come Live with Me teams Stewart with the hauntingly beautiful Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr plays a wealthy Austrian emigree, in love with a married American publisher. The girl must quickly find an American husband or she'll be deported.… More James Stewart's last Hollywood film before entering military service, Come Live with Me teams Stewart with the hauntingly beautiful Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr plays a wealthy Austrian emigree, in love with a married American publisher. The girl must quickly find an American husband or she'll be deported. Along comes Stewart, an idealistic (and starving) writer given to quoting poetry in moments of crisis. He marries her on a "strictly business" basis...but Love finds a way, especially after Stewart wins fame by writing a story about his companionate marriage. Come Live with Me served as the screen debut of 80-year-old actress Adeline de Walt Reynolds, who as Jimmy Stewart's grandmother launched a twenty year career as everyone's favorite matriarch. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Clarence Brown
Genres: Romance, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 31, 1941 Wide
Studio: MGM

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jay n

Much better then it should be due to the charm and charisma of the stars.
Laura C

Thin on plot romantic film won me over because of the charisma of its stars. I think I could watch Jimmy Stewart read the phone book and be riveted. Hedy Lamarr is simply beautiful. What especially won me over was Verree Teasdale's nuanced performance as an underappreciated wife… More
Thin on plot romantic film won me over because of the charisma of its stars. I think I could watch Jimmy Stewart read the phone book and be riveted. Hedy Lamarr is simply beautiful. What especially won me over was Verree Teasdale's nuanced performance as an underappreciated wife of a philanderer who we are never meant to pity.
nefnie l

A light, charming romantic comedy. James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr seem like an unlikely couple, but they sparkle just like the summer night sky filled with fireflies (there's a cute firefly story in the film). A marriage of convenience that turned into much more is not original,… More
A light, charming romantic comedy. James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr seem like an unlikely couple, but they sparkle just like the summer night sky filled with fireflies (there's a cute firefly story in the film). A marriage of convenience that turned into much more is not original, but with Stewart and Lamarr at the helm, it's beautiful.