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Mr. and Mrs. Smith
film by Hitchcock [1941]
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discussed in biography
- In Alfred Hitchcock: The Hollywood years: Rebecca to Dial M for Murder
The screwball comedy Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) was Hitchcock’s first change of pace since coming to Hollywood. The film starred Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery as the eponymous bickerers who discover that their marriage is legally invalid. It was a box-office success but was Hitchcock’s last comedy…
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role of Lombard
- In Carole Lombard
… (1939), costarring James Stewart; and Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), in which Lombard’s performance highlighted director Alfred Hitchcock’s only attempt at straightforward comedy.
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