Connection
Grounds for Marriage is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert Z. Leonard released in USA on 19 january 1951 with Van Johnson
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 january 1951
Length 1h30
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
OriginUSA
Themes Films about marriage
Rating58%
Grounds for Marriage is a 1951 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Written and produced by Samuel Marx, the film stars Van Johnson and Kathryn Grayson.
Synopsis
Ina Massine is an opera diva who divorced throat specialist Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett three years ago. Nowadays, she regrets this decision and attempts to win back his affection. Lincoln, however, is engaged to Agnes Oglethorpe Young, the beautiful young daughter of his mentor Dr. Carleton Radwin Young. Nevertheless, Ina is determined to reconcile with Lincoln and grabs every chance on seducing him. Lincoln remains loyal to his fiancée, though, and soon grows irritated by Ina's attempts to impress him. On night of the premiere of her latest opera La Bohème, Ina is bothered with a sore throat and calls Dr. Young. Lincoln, who is replacing Dr. Young that night, suspects that Ina is faking. However, when he examines her, he diagnoses a tropic disease she had possibly got in South America.Actors
Van Johnson
(Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett)
Kathryn Grayson
(Ina Massine)
Paula Raymond
(Agnes Oglethorpe Young)
Barry Sullivan
(Chris Bartlett)
Reginald Owen
(Dely Delacorte)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Grounds for Marriage
There are 233 films with the same actors, 98 films with the same director, 40914 with the same cinematographic genres (including 355 with exactly the same 3 genres than Grounds for Marriage), 160 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Grounds for Marriage, you will probably like those similar films :
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
, 1h56Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Hugh Marlowe, Keenan Wynn, Frances Gifford
Rating59%
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, which causes Theo to fear commitment. Without much thought, Theo accepts a proposal of marriage from Tom West, an Air Corps lieutenant. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom accepts a job in the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to return to being a party girl. However, Tom is working constantly and Theo turns to her friends who are having their own problems, including her old flame, Captain Lancing. To decide what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must learn to grow up.
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
, 1h38Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, John Lund, Paula Raymond, Amanda Blake, Mel Tormé
Rating62%
Christine Riverton Duncan (Esther Williams) attempts to play matchmaker for her lovelorn friend Ellen (Paula Raymond) by pursuing Douglas J. Morrissen, Jr. (John Lund), the man Ellen loves, all the way to Idaho. There, Christine decides to play a joke on Douglas. After boarding his train to Sun Valley, Christine wins the man's affections and then shocks him with hints that she expects a commitment. Once she's in Sun Valley, however, things become problematic when Christine falls in love with hotel bandleader Dick Layne (Van Johnson). During her time in Sun Valley, Christine wins the title of "Duchess of Idaho" in a dance contest.
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern, Scotty Beckett
Rating63%
On the closing night of a Broadway play, leading actress Frances Elliott (Ann Sothern) hosts a party attended by many guests, including her eccentric father Gregory (Louis Calhern), who is also an actor; her seventeen-year-old daughter, Nancy Barklay (Jane Powell), an aspiring actress; and Brazilian playwright Ricardo Domingos, who is considering starring Frances in his next play.
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
, 1h42Directed by Buster Keaton, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, Buster Keaton
Rating70%
Veronica Fisher (Judy Garland) enters Oberkugen's music shop, looking for work. Although Otto Oberkugen (S. Z. Sakall) is reluctant to take on more staff, she wins a job by persuading a wealthy matron, through her singing and musical expertise, to buy a harp at almost $25 over Oberkugen's list price. Neither she nor Andrew Larkin (Van Johnson), the shop's senior salesman, suspects that they are each other's anonymous pen pal. They bicker constantly at work although becoming increasingly attracted to each other.
Escapade (1935)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors William Powell, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Virginia Bruce, Mady Christians, Reginald Owen
Rating70%
Set somewhere in Vienna in the 1900s (decade), the film opens with a successful surgeon (Morgan), feeing for the affection of his wife (Bruce). As does his brother, a concert conductor (Owen), for his flirtatious gal (Christians). Both women have something in common: they are in love with a philandering painter (Powell). The surgeon's wife contacts the artist and allows herself to be painted while only dressed in furs, with her face covered by a mask. The painting headlines the newspapers, and the entire city wonders who the mysterious masked lady is. The surgeon recognizes his fiancee's wife's furs in the painting, and is troubled. He is unaware that his own wife has borrowed the fur, though, and feels terribly sorry for his brother.
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
, 2h10Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn
Rating65%
The film focuses on various guests staying at New York City's famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Among them are lonely screen star Irene Malvern, in town with her maid Anna for a childhood friend's wedding and the premiere of her latest movie; war correspondent Chip Collyer, mistaken for a jewel thief by Irene but playing along to catch her attention; flyer Capt. James Hollis, wounded in World War II and facing perilous surgery in three days; wealthy shyster Martin X. Edley, who is trying to sign the Bey of Aribajan to a shady oil deal; Oliver Webson, a cub reporter for Collier's Weekly hoping to expose Edley; and bride-to-be Cynthia Drew, whose upcoming wedding is endangered by her belief her fiancé Bob is in love with Irene Malvern. Also on the scene are Bunny Smith, the hotel's stenographer/notary public, who hopes to escape her low income roots by marrying Edley, and reporter Randy Morton, who loiters in the lobby hoping to stumble upon a scoop for his newspaper.
Woman of the Year (1942)
, 1h54Directed by George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about marriage
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, William Bendix, Minor Watson
Rating70%
Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) and Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) are journalists for the fictional New York Chronicle, with two drastically different backgrounds and worlds. Tess is an educated, well-travelled political affairs columnist who speaks several languages fluently. Sam is a knowledgeable and informed sports writer. Their difficulties are presented as stemming from class and emotional differences as well as from those of gender.
Kelly and Me (1957)
, 1h26Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Piper Laurie, Martha Hyer, Onslow Stevens, Herbert Anderson, Douglas Fowley
Rating59%
Un acteur de vaudeville raté est « adopté » par Kelly, un chien spécialement dressé, qui l'aide dans sa carrière aux débuts du cinéma parlant à Jersey City.
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
, 1h31Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young, Rita Corday, Kathryn Givney, Larry Keating
Rating60%
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist, but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
Her Twelve Men (1954)
, 1h31Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Greer Garson, Robert Ryan, Barry Sullivan, Richard Haydn, James Arness, Barbara Lawrence
Rating62%
Although she has no teaching experience, widow Jan Stewart is hired by headmaster Dr. Barrett to be the first woman to teach at The Oaks boarding school.