The Lady Is Willing
GAY, ROMANTIC COMEDY AT IT'S BREEZIEST, MERRIEST BEST!
1942 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Mitchell Leisen |
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| Writer: | James Edward Grant, Albert McCleery |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 12, 1942 |
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| Director: | Mitchell Leisen |
| Writer: | James Edward Grant, Albert McCleery |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | baby, research, rabbit |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Marlene Dietrich | Elizabeth Madden |
| Fred MacMurray | Corey McBain |
| Aline MacMahon | Buddy |
| Stanley Ridges | Kenneth Hanline |
| Arline Judge | Frances |
| Roger Clark | Victor |
| Marietta Canty | Mary Lou |
| David James | Baby Corey |
| Ruth Ford | Myrtle |
| Harvey Stephens | Dr. Golding |
| Harry Shannon | Barnes |
| Elisabeth Risdon | Mrs. Cummings |
| Charles Lane | K.K. Miller |
| Murray Alper | Joe Quig |
| Kitty Kelly | Nellie Quig |
| Eddie Acuff | Patrolman Murphy (uncredited) |
| Ernie Adams | Doorman (uncredited) |
| Helen Ainsworth | Interior Decorator (uncredited) |
| Myrtle Anderson | Maid (uncredited) |
| Georgia Backus | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Eugene Borden | Wine Steward (uncredited) |
| Romaine Callender | Bald Headed Man (uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Income Tax Man (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Conlin | Bum (uncredited) |
| Lorna Dunn | Maid (uncredited) |
| Lou Fulton | Mop Man (uncredited) |
| Eddie Hall | Man Building a Rabbit Cage (uncredited) |
| Charles Halton | Dr. Jones (uncredited) |
| Neil Hamilton | Charlie (uncredited) |
| Sterling Holloway | Arthur Miggle (uncredited) |
| Robert Emmett Keane | Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| Carl M. Leviness | Theatregoer (uncredited) |
| Judith Linden | Airline Stewardess (uncredited) |
| Edward McWade | Boston Doorman (uncredited) |
| Frances Morris | Nurse (uncredited) |
| William Newell | Counterman (uncredited) |
| Paul Oman | Violinist (uncredited) |
| Suzanne Ridgway | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Ray Walker | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Katherine Yorke | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Mitchell Leisen | Director |
| James Edward Grant | Story, Screenplay |
| Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Eda Warren | Editor |
| Albert McCleery | Screenplay |
| W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charles K. Feldman | Producer |
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