As Good As Married
Cast & Crew
Edward Buzzell
Doris Nolan
John Boles
Walter Pidgeon
Alan Mowbray
Tala Birell
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Synopsis
When prominent architect Alexander Drew learns that marriage would save him a lot of money in income taxes, beside protecting him from breech of promise suits, he proposes that his secretary, Sylvia Parker, marry him strictly as a business deal. Although she dates Fraser James, another architect, Sylvia is secretly in love with Drew, and so agrees to the arrangement. Sylvia and Drew maintain separate residences and both plan on continuing their independent lives. With this in mind, Drew arranges a weekend party in honor of Cherry, a former mistress now known as Princess Bouladoff. Sylvia is included as his hostess and invites Fraser as her guest. Drew is stunned by Sylvia's beauty when he sees her in evening dress and becomes jealous of Fraser's attentions to her. The next morning, he is mortified to learn that she drove back to town with Fraser and has left him on his own for the weekend. He then demands that she act more like his wife. She interprets this to mean she should go on a spending spree to keep up the appearances proper to a man of his status. Furious, Drew tries to break their contract, but Jessup, his lawyer, informs him that this is impossible. Sylvia agrees to a divorce, however, explaining that she never wanted anything from Drew. Jessup realizes that Drew is in love with his wife and advises him to tell her so. After a series of misunderstandings, Drew finally follows Sylvia to Coronado where he reveals his feelings and they reunite.
Director
Edward Buzzell
Cast
Doris Nolan
John Boles
Walter Pidgeon
Alan Mowbray
Tala Birell
Katharine Alexander
Mary Philips
Ernest Cossart
David Oliver
Harry Davenport
Esther Ralston
Dorothea Kent
Elsa Christian
Walter Byron
Rita Gould
Harry Hayden
Charles Williams
Bobby Watson
Eddie Hart
Betty Tradwell
Frances Morris
Henry Sylvester
Tom Martin
Bonnie Jean Dunham
Harry Depp
Crew
E. M. Asher
Philip Cahn
Charles Carrol
Karen Dewolf
Fred Frank
John P. Fulton
Merritt Gerstad
John Harkrider
F. Hugh Herbert
Norman Krasna
Albert Nickels
Austin Parker
Charles Previn
Charles R. Rogers
Morrie Ryskind
Nagene Searle
Jack Martin Smith
Lynn Starling
Sylvia Thalberg
Gilbert Valle
Peggy Vaughn
Vera West
Edwin Wetzel
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Notes
Associate producer E. M. Asher's surname is spelled "Ascher" in the onscreen credits. According to a Hollywood Reporter pre-release news item, Esther Ralston replaced Donrue Leighton in the cast.
