Directed by:
Mitchell LeisenScreenplay:
James Edward GrantCinematography:
Ted TetzlaffComposer:
W. Franke HarlingCast:
Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Stanley Ridges, Arline Judge, Marietta Canty, Harvey Stephens, Neil Hamilton, Sterling Holloway (more)Plots(1)
Mitchell Leisen directed this romantic comedy with melodramatic overtones, starring Marlene Dietrich in a sympathetic role as famed stage star Elizabeth Madden. Elizabeth longs for motherhood but has no husband. Her desire appears to be fulfilled when she finds an abandoned baby, but she doesn't have a clue on how to raise it. She finds divorced pediatrician, Dr. Corey McBain (Fred MacMurray), to help her with the child. Elizabeth names the child after him and makes Corey an offer. Since she's single, she cannot adopt the child. But if Corey would marry her in name only, she could be the adopted mother and Corey could stay in a section of her apartment where she would support his research. Corey agrees to the deal, but it's not too long before Corey and Elizabeth fall in love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Marlene Dietrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267967_a78635.jpg)
Marlene Dietrich
German Empire
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Blue Angel (1930)
![Fred MacMurray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423654_be4a2c.png)
Fred MacMurray
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Apartment (1960)
![Aline MacMahon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/454/165454228_5b25f9.jpg)
Aline MacMahon
USA
Best movies:
The Search (1948)
Cimarron (1960)
The Man from Laramie (1955)
![Stanley Ridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000160_48dc63.jpg)
Stanley Ridges
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
![Arline Judge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/434/434736_9cda2d.jpg)
Arline Judge
USA
Best movies:
An American Tragedy (1931)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
![Marietta Canty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/025/161025440_0781a1.jpg)
Marietta Canty
USA
Best movies:
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
![Harvey Stephens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726594_cc4438.jpg)
Harvey Stephens
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
The Young Lions (1958)
![Neil Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319242_d1cdc6.jpg)
Neil Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
America (1924)
![Sterling Holloway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499981_b48bf4.jpg)
Sterling Holloway
USA
Best movies:
Bambi (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
The Jungle Book (1967)
![Ernie Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886814_8df218.jpg)
Ernie Adams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Eddie Acuff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886410_734833.jpg)
Eddie Acuff
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Ray Walker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/111/158111739_439ddc.jpg)
Ray Walker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Frances Morris
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Caged (1950)
Conflict (1945)
![Jimmy Conlin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/478/159478804_97fe53.jpg)
Jimmy Conlin
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![William Newell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888726_7b607c.jpg)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Charles Halton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426750_1f558b.jpg)
Charles Halton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
![Chester Clute](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/922/159922845_d7b18f.jpg)
Chester Clute
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
![Charles Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/208/160208646_292f65.gif)
Charles Lane
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Elisabeth Risdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/343/160343466_7063a3.jpg)
Elisabeth Risdon
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
![Harry Shannon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/333/158333190_0707f3.jpg)
Harry Shannon
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Random Harvest (1942)