The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) - Loretta Young

This is a delightful entertainer where a couple is not married but have to live together for their own personal gains after a News-Paper publishes wrong report of them being married. Loretta Young is ravishing as a young writer of a best seller book telling Spinsters and women in general how they can live their life happily without men, that they don't need men to go on in life.

She had to return to city to meet Reginald Gardiner (Publisher) for her new book and as their is no means of transport she hitches a ride with Ray Milland who is staying at the same hotel. She stops at the Post-Office in Greenwich, Connecticut (a town that was known for weddings in bygone days) to send a Telegram and adjacent to it a marriage is taking place. The guy their puts "Just Married" sticker on Ray Milland's car mistakenly. As Loretta is coming out after signing her book for the Lady their, the same woman sees this car with "Just Married" sticker on it and her getting into it. She is quite upset and sends out telegram to a News-Paper of the author having recently married.

Gail Patrick is funny as Ray Milland's girl-friend.Edmund Gwenn is nice as Ray Milland's father.Deftly directed by Alexander Hall and the background score is remarkable in the penultimate scene where Ray realizes that Loretta really loves him.