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Keeping Company (1940)

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

Directed byS. Sylvan Simon

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What to watch after Keeping Company

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  1. 01

    Washington Melodrama

    Same director

    1941 · 80 min · Drama

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    An elderly businessman plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • several principal cast members
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  2. 02

    Love Crazy

    Shared cast

    1941 · 99 min · Comedy · Romance

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    Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a principal cast member
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    It's a Wise Child

    Strong story similarity

    1931 · 83 min · Comedy

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    In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter is pregnant.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared production studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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  4. 05

    The Awful Truth

    Strong story similarity

    1937 · 91 min · Comedy · Romance

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    Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 09

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Strong story similarity

    1941 · 95 min · Comedy · Romance

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    Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 10

    Lady for a Day

    Similar atmosphere

    1933 · 96 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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