Married Bachelor

Remember in Alex & Emma when Luke Wilson gets indebted to scary gangsters and then tries to write and sell a novel to get quick cash? Remember thinking, in the audience, that his plan was a really stupid idea? If you rent Married Bachelor, you'll be thinking the same thing. Robert Young gets indebted to scary gangsters, and his master plan is to sell a book and use the advance money to pay them off. He borrows a manuscript from Felix Bressart, smooth-talks his way into a publishing house, and actually signs a deal. It's very bizarre for a host of reasons, one of which is why Felix never gets upset that his work gets published under someone else's name.

The book itself is advice about marriage, and the publishing house discovers that the book tours and sales are more successful if the women buying the book think the author is on the market. So, a very happily married Robert Young has to pretend he's not married to his wife, Ruth Hussey. Hence the title. There's lots of humor in this movie, but it's not exactly a classic. Just like the first few times you watch Alex & Emma you laugh at all the jokes, you'll like this movie but you probably won't want to own a copy.