Commentary
If you could get out of your marriage with no divorce, no legal fees, and no complicated settlement, would you do so? Five couples are presented with this question in “We’re Not Married!” from 1952. The trouble starts two years before the events of the film take place, when a justice of the peace marries the couples in question during the week before his authority to do so becomes official. The results are varied and hilarious!
A promo shot for “We’re Not Married” in 1952 with Mitzi Gaynor (L) and Eddie Bracken. (MovieStillsDB)
The most interesting thing about this movie is its big cast of well-known actors. The stars include Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Louis Calhern, Mitzi Gaynor, and Eddie Bracken. Two of the most recognizable names in this cast, Monroe and Gaynor, were budding starlets at the time who had not yet achieved stardom….