The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Directed by
Alexander Hall
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
The story
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
Cast
Loretta YoungJune Cameron
Ray MillandDr. Timothy Sterling
Reginald GardinerJohn Pierce
Gail PatrickMarilyn Thomas
Edmund GwennDr. Lionel Sterling
Frank SullySlapcovitch
Gordon JonesO'Brien
Georges MetaxaJean Rovere
Charles HaltonDr. Streeter
Joseph EggentonDr. Nielson
Paul McAllisterDean Lawton
Chester CluteJohnson
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Hal K. DawsonCharlie
Edward Van SloanBurkhardt
Helen AinsworthAmazon in Book Store (uncredited)
Erville AldersonHarrison, the Printer (uncredited)
Dorothy ApplebyWoman in Book Store (uncredited)
Gertrude AstorExtra (uncredited)
Irving BaconSam Appleby (uncredited)
Don BeddoeMorning Express Reporter (uncredited)
Henry BlairBoy (uncredited)
Harry C. BradleyDapper Salesman (uncredited)
Spencer ChartersHenry Quinn (uncredited)
Catherine CourtneyWoman in Book Store (uncredited)
Dix DavisBoy (uncredited)
Helen DavisWoman in Book Store (uncredited)
Edgar DearingMotorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Vernon DentMan Outside Phone Booth (uncredited)
Claire Du BreyParty Guest (uncredited)
Edward EarleParty Guest (uncredited)
Edward GarganGeorge, the Doorman (uncredited)
Sumner GetchellWedding Celebrant (uncredited)
Wesley GiraudWestern Union Boy (uncredited)
Jane GoudeMrs. Nielson (uncredited)
Olin HowlandClerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Jane KeckleyMrs. Quinn (uncredited)
William LallyDeck Steward (uncredited)
Charles LaneReporter (uncredited)
Bobby LarsonBoy (uncredited)
Eddie LaughtonPhotographer (uncredited)
Ann LeeMaid (uncredited)
Ian MaclarenProfessor (uncredited)
Myra MarshLydia Johnson (uncredited)
Frances MorrisUniversity Registration Desk Clerk (uncredited)
William NewellSoda Jerk (uncredited)
Frank OrthNew York Editor (uncredited)
Renie RianoTelegraph Operator (uncredited)
Virginia SaleSchool Teacher (uncredited)
Dorothy Anne SeeseChild (uncredited)
Vera SteadmanExtra (uncredited)
Gertrude SuttonMabel (voice) (uncredited)
Emma TanseyOld Woman Sitting Outside of Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Carol TevisWhiney Woman in Bookstore (uncredited)
Charlotte TreadwayWoman in Book Store (uncredited)
Larry WheatParty Guest (uncredited)
John WrayJoe, the Farmer (uncredited)
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