Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Lady Is Willing
The Lady Is Willing

The Lady Is Willing

GAY, ROMANTIC COMEDY AT IT'S BREEZIEST, MERRIEST BEST!

Genres

RomanceComedy

OverView

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

6.389/10

Release Date

12 February 1942

Country

United States of America

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Elizabeth Madden

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

Corey McBain

Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon

Buddy

Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

Kenneth Hanline

Arline Judge

Arline Judge

Frances

Roger Clark

Roger Clark

Victor

Marietta Canty

Marietta Canty

Mary Lou

David James

David James

Baby Corey

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Myrtle

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Dr. Golding

Harry Shannon

Harry Shannon

Barnes

Elisabeth Risdon

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Cummings

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

K.K. Miller

Murray Alper

Murray Alper

Joe Quig

Kitty Kelly

Kitty Kelly

Nellie Quig

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Patrolman Murphy (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Doorman (uncredited)

Helen Ainsworth

Helen Ainsworth

Interior Decorator (uncredited)

Myrtle Anderson

Myrtle Anderson

Maid (uncredited)

Georgia Backus

Georgia Backus

Nurse (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Eugene Borden

Wine Steward (uncredited)

Romaine Callender

Romaine Callender

Bald Headed Man (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Income Tax Man (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Bum (uncredited)

Lorna Dunn

Lorna Dunn

Maid (uncredited)

Lou Fulton

Lou Fulton

Mop Man (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall

Man Building a Rabbit Cage (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Charles Halton

Dr. Jones (uncredited)

Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton

Charlie (uncredited)

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Arthur Miggle (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

Theatregoer (uncredited)

Judith Linden

Judith Linden

Airline Stewardess (uncredited)

Edward McWade

Edward McWade

Boston Doorman (uncredited)

Frances Morris

Frances Morris

Nurse (uncredited)

William Newell

William Newell

Counterman (uncredited)

Paul Oman

Paul Oman

Violinist (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Ray Walker

Ray Walker

Reporter (uncredited)

Katherine Yorke

Katherine Yorke

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Similar Movies

6.3

Look Who's Talking

October 1989 •English

Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.

5.5

Look Who's Talking Too

December 1990 •English

Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.

7.2

Thank You for Smoking

September 2005 •English

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

6.0

My Girl 2

February 1994 •English

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.

5.5

Popeye

December 1980 •English

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

6.4

Baby's Day Out

July 1994 •English

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.

6.4

Baby Boom

October 1987 •English

J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!

6.8

Local Hero

February 1983 •English

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

5.5

Seed of Chucky

November 2004 •English

This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!

7.0

Kitchen Stories

September 2003 •Norwegian

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

6.7

Riding in Cars with Boys

October 2001 •English

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

6.5

Snookles

January 1986 •English

A baby dragon and a little bird fail to make beautiful music together.

7.1

Where the Heart Is

April 2000 •English

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

6.7

Hardcover

April 2008 •German

Christoph, 31, a good-looking but frustrated single man and proud owner of a Renault Twingo, dreams of a grandiose career as a writer. But so far he hasn't managed to write more than a few penny dreadful novels for the publishing house "Kemper und Bergmann", which publishes the crime series about the hero Nick Sturm. And since there's not enough money to go around, he has to hire a car from the car rental...

5.0

Der Etappenhase

March 1937 •English

2.0

Melodies of Spring

February 2008 •German

Anna is a primary school teacher and a nervous wreck. The pupils do whatever they want to her. Thilo is an actor - but mainly on his business card. To earn money, he sells wine in a call center, or rather, he tries to. One day, mutual friends Valerie and Moritz play fate and bring the two together. But this also goes wrong: Anna has a minor nervous breakdown and Thilo - falls in love! Head over heels! But first they have to solve their own problems, face up to their reality and admit that they need to change something in their lives. And gradually Anna and Thilo find their way back to themselves and to each other, because life writes the most beautiful stories with love and music...

6.2

3 Men and a Baby

November 1987 •English

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

6.3

The Acid House

December 1998 •English

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

6.6

The Paper

March 1994 •English

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

6.0

Undercover Blues

September 1993 •English

When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.