Let's Make It Legal (1951)

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Release Date: Nov 6, 1951 Wide

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Let's Make It Legal begins at the end--the end of the long marriage between beautiful grandmother Miriam (Claudette Colbert) and her chronic-gambler husband Hugh (Macdonald Carey). Barbara (Barbara Bates), the daughter of the couple, hopes to bring her parents back together, which proves to be a difficult proposition when Miriam's old flame Victor (Zachary Scott), now a millionaire, arrives in town. Hugh tries all sorts of comic strategies to win his ex-wife back, but to no avail. Ultimately,

Unrated, 1 hr. 17 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Richard Sale

Written By: I. A. L. Diamond, F. Hugh Herbert

In Theaters: Nov 6, 1951 Wide

On DVD: Apr 20, 2004

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Claudette Colbert
Miriam Denham
Macdonald Carey
Hugh Halsworth
Zachary Scott
Victor Macfarland
Barbara Bates
Barbara Denham
Robert Wagner
Jerry Denham
Marilyn Monroe
Joyce
Frank Cady
Ferguson
Jim Hayward
Gardener
Carol Savage
Miss Jessup
Paul Gerrits
Milkman
Vicki Raaf
Hugh's Secretary
Ralph Sanford
Police Lieutenant
Harry Denny
Hotel Manager
Harry Harvey
Postman
Betty Jane Bowan
Secretary
Abe Dinovitch
Laborer
Kathleen Freeman
Reporter
Renny McEvoy
Michael Ross
Policeman
Frank Sully
Laborer
Beverly Thompson
Reporter
Wilson Wood
Reporter
James Magill
Reporter
Jack Mather
Policeman
Roger Moore
Reporter

Critic Reviews for Let's Make It Legal

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A mostly worthless film

April 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Remember the golden days of the 40's and 50's, with all the drama and frivolity of musicals and comedies. Yeah, this didn't fit into that category at all. A short, petty "comedy" about the eccentricities of divorce, and the beginnings of the lives of newlyweds, there was little to comment on kindly. It was so short the

October 17, 2010

Spencer S.

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A charming if insubstantial way to spend a little over an hour. Claudette Colbert and MacDonald Carey have an easy chemistry that make them believable as a long together couple. Barbara Bates' and Robert Wagner's portrayal of battling newlyweds is unconvincing and uncomfortable (as is their subplot.) But a must watch

September 18, 2010