Come Live with Me Overview:

Come Live with Me (1941) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown.

SYNOPSIS

An appealing love story with an appealing cast including Lamarr and Stewart. Lamarr, a refugee facing deportation, is having an affair with a wealthy married publisher. She arranges to marry a poor writer, Stewart, so that she may remain in America, agreeing to pay him for his troubles. Stewart, of course, then falls for Lamarr. The business-romance triangle is completed when Stewart sells his novel to Lamarr's other man, the publisher.

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Come Live with Me (Clarence Brown, 1941)

By Judy on Apr 14, 2013 From Movie Classics

James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr make an unusual romantic combination – especially when she is dressed in stunning gowns by Adrian and he is down to his last dime. However, this surprising pairing works well in the MGM romantic comedy Come Live with Me. This isn’t one of the greatest films ... Read full article


Come Live with Me (1941, Clarence Brown)

on Jan 17, 2013 From The Stop Button

Come Live with Me features exquisite direction from Clarence Brown. Whether he’s pacing out a reveal, directing a conversation or just being inventive with composition, he does an outstanding job. George J. Folsey’s photography helps, as do the fantastic sets. It’s a shame good dir... Read full article


Come Live With Me(1941).

By Dawn on Apr 9, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Come Live With Me(1941). A romantic comedy film starring James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr. A native of Vienna, Austria Johnny Jones, is having an affair with married man named, Barton Kendrick. An officer from the Department of Immigration, tells her that she will be deported because her passport expi... Read full article


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Quotes from

Grandma: Part of living is meeting tragedy and rising above it. A woman doesn't amount to anything unless she can do it. It takes a long while to learn that that's true.
Johnny Jones: Thank you for telling me.


Barton Kendrick: Well what are we going to do?
Johnny Jones: We are going to take what's left to us. Why we haven't even a minute to waste on being sad. Come on. Let's hurry.
Barton Kendrick: Well where should we go?
Johnny Jones: Oh I don't care. Just so there are people and music and we can be gay.


Bill Smith: Grandma always puts me in my place.


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Facts about

The title came from Christopher Marlowe's poem "The Passionate Shepherd". It begins, "Come Live With me, and be my love..."
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on August 2, 1943 with Hedy Lamarr reprising her film role.
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