I Married A Woman 1958 Written by Goodman Ace and directed by Hal Kanter. The first of the RKO films that Diana Dors worked on, she would do one other, The Unholy Wife, and the company would fold before the third in her contract could be made. It was filmed in 1956 but not released until 1958.
George Gobel plays an ad exec who's boss is played by Adolphe Menjou, Diana Dors plays his wife and Jessie Royce Landis plays Diana's live in mother. Adolphe has bad news for George, he's got to redo the new campaign for Luxemberg beer or they lose the account. George has until Monday, it's Friday now. Diana was Miss Luxemberg a few years earlier, that's where George met her.
Diana has just discovered she's pregnant but she's a bit of a nutcase and doesn't tell George right away. Mom is a busy body and a pain in the ass. It's a good reminder not to have a mom come live with a recently married couple. Where are those ice flows when you need them?
George eventually comes up with the idea of having a Mrs Luxemberg contest with all the now married Miss Luxembergs. They launch the contest without checking on the women who were Miss Luxemberg in the past and they are a sorry lot. Diana is the only one of them who still looks good and she's not happy with George because she feels neglected. She's really self-absorbed and doesn't really pay attention to George's feeble muttering about work. Diana's mother and George's co-worker help poison the well of family bliss.
It all works out well enough by the end of the movie but it's a hard slog to get there. The characters aren't too likeable and there just aren't enough good jokes to make my endorphins happy. The public of the day thought so too, the movie did poorly and pretty much ended George's movie career. It was his second feature film, the first, The Birds And The Bees, did poorly too.
George worked in TV for decades after that but didn't appear in a theatrical film until the The Day It Came To Earth in 1977, that was followed by the 1978 film Rabbit Test with Joan Rivers and Ellie in 1984. I know I've seen the first two but don't remember him in those parts. George died in 1991 at age 71.
I always thought George was entertaining on TV but I sure was disappointed with this one. Luckily I didn't spend money on a DVD, there isn't a legit release but you can find it on a bootleg or two. I saw it on YouTube a couple of weeks ago and it disappeared right away.
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