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This Thing Called Love is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Alexander Hall released in USA on 20 december 1940 with Rosalind Russell
This Thing Called Love (1940)
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Add to a movie listThis Thing Called Love is a 1940 romantic comedy film starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas as newlyweds with an odd arrangement: the wife insists on not sleeping together for a trial period. This 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.
This film was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency as "contrary to the Christian concept of marriage".
Actors
Rosalind Russell
(Ann Winters)
Melvyn Douglas
(Tice Collins)
Binnie Barnes
(Charlotte Campbell)
Allyn Joslyn
(Harry Bertrand)
Gloria Dickson
(Florence Bertrand)
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