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The Marrying Kind

Play trailer Poster for The Marrying Kind 1952,  1h 33m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 63% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 56% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
63% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
When on-the-rocks couple Florrie (Judy Holliday) and Chet Keefer (Aldo Ray) come before Judge Anne B. Carroll (Madge Kennedy) and request a divorce, Carroll asks the Keefers to recount for her the story of their marriage, in hopes that the troubled couple will recall what it was that brought them together in the first place. What follows is a turbulent tale filled with jealousy, pain, frustration and distrust -- in other words, the perfect recipe for love.

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Melissa Anderson 4Columns Jan 28, 2022
Judy Holliday's unassailable timing and instincts bring her character, Florence Keefer, a dispirited wife and mother, vividly to life. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker Aug 1, 2016
Despite its buoyant tone and comic energy, George Cukor's drama of scenes from a marriage, as viewed in flashback by a couple in divorce court, is a scathing work of New York neorealism. Go to Full Review
Manny Farber The Nation Sep 15, 2021
The story behind a sad little divorce suit told by the cut-back method, with the director (Cukor) using a sneak camera without putting any heart or belief into it. Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Aug 8, 2008
Frighteningly grim story. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Dec 16, 2007
B-
The acting of Judy Holliday (for which the part was written) and Aldo Ray is good, but what starts as a comedy changes to a melodrama that uncharacteristically of Cukor's work is condescending to the little people. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jun 21, 2007
C+
It never captured my imagination. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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George Cukor

Director

Judy Holliday

Florence Keefer

Aldo Ray

Chet Keefer

Madge Kennedy

Judge Carroll

Sheila Bond

Joan Shipley

John Alexander

Howard Shipley

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The Marrying Kind

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Synopsis When on-the-rocks couple Florrie (Judy Holliday) and Chet Keefer (Aldo Ray) come before Judge Anne B. Carroll (Madge Kennedy) and request a divorce, Carroll asks the Keefers to recount for her the story of their marriage, in hopes that the troubled couple will recall what it was that brought them together in the first place. What follows is a turbulent tale filled with jealousy, pain, frustration and distrust -- in other words, the perfect recipe for love.
Director
George Cukor
Producer
Bert Granet
Screenwriter
Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 13, 1952, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 28, 2014
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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