This Thing Called Love (1940)
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
- Date of release
- 1940-12-20
- TMDB
- 8.4 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Director
- Alexander Hall
Casting
- Rosalind Russell — Ann Winters
- Melvyn Douglas — Tice Collins
- Binnie Barnes — Charlotte Campbell
- Allyn Joslyn — Harry Bertrand
- Gloria Dickson — Florence Bertrand
- Lee J. Cobb — Julio Diestro
- Gloria Holden — Genevieve Hooper
- Paul McGrath — Gordon Daniels
- Leona Maricle — Ruth Howland
- Don Beddoe — Tom Howland
- Sig Arno — Arno
- Rosina Galli — Mrs. Diestro
Interesting facts
This Thing Called Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas as newlyweds with an odd arrangement: the wife insists on not sleeping together for a trial period. It is the second film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edwin Burke. The 1929 version, which shares the same title, is believed to be lost.
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