History Film / MrAndMrsSmith1941

For three days, Ann and David Smith haven't left their bedroom due to a spat. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she lets him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]-- not the right answer. With a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann finally lets him go to work.

* WardrobeMalfunction: Ann got married in a black skirt-suit, but it has "shrunk" (according to Ann) and she needs to use pins to keep it together. Unfortunately, they keep coming undone.

This leads to amusing anecdotes with [[ComedyOfRemarriage David trying to win Ann back]], Ann dating David’s partner, Jeff Custer, and lots of [[BelligerentSexualTension bickering]].

* ComedyOfRemarriage

[[Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005 No, not the one with the guns and spies.]]

* AllMenArePerverts: How dare David think that he can get some when he’s technically not married, but has been common-law for three years!
* AmusementPark: Jeff and Ann go to the fair, and get stuck on the parachute ride.

[[MrAndMrsSmith No, not the one with the guns and spies.]]

For three days, Ann and David Smith haven't left their bedroom due to a spat. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]-- not the right answer. With a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann finally let's him go to work.

For three days, Ann and David Smith haven't left their bedroom, due to a spat. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]-- not the right answer. With a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann finally let's him go to work.

* SleepingSingle: Averted. Ann and David’s bedroom show only one bed.

This is a 1941 ScrewballComedy directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock, starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery.

While at work, a notary from Idaho visits David’s practice (he’s a lawyer) and says that due to a technicality, Ann and David aren’t really married. David is titillated at the prospect of being with Ann and treating it as an illicit affair. Meanwhile, the same notary, who has known Ann since she was a little girl, visits her and her mother. He tells her of the news, and [[ValuesDissonance Ann’s mother is shocked]]. Ann, on the other hand, isn’t worried because she knows David will propose and marry her tonight. But while visiting their old dating spot, Momma Lucy’s Restaurant, Ann discovers that David has no intention of telling her the news or marrying her that night. Her anger only intensifies when they’re home, and David is jauntily getting ready for bed--getting champagne, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable putting on his PJ’s with a pocket square]]. Ann knows [[ReadyForLovemaking this song and dance]], and in a flash of anger, she kicks David out, because he had the gall to want to sleep with his technically unmarried wife…

''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'' is notable for being Carole Lombard’s penultimate film (her last being ''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe'') before dying in a plane crash at the age of 33. It’s also worth noting that this was Hitchcock’s only straight RomanticComedy / ScrewballComedy film, and quite different than his comedy-infused thrillers.

!!''Mr. and Mrs. Smith'' provides examples of:

This is an Creator/AlfredHitchcock directed ScrewballComedy starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery.

For three days, Ann and David Smith haven't left their bedroom until they make up. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]-- not the right answer. With a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann finally let's him go to work.

For three days, Ann and David Smith haven't left their bedroom until they’ve made up. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]-- not the right answer. With a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann finally let's him go to work.

Ann and David Smith have just had a three day spat where neither has left their bedroom until they’ve made up. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]] which wasn't the right answer. With a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann finallt let's him go to work.

While at work, a notary from Idaho visits David’s practice (he’s a lawyer) and says that due to a technicality, Ann and David aren’t really married. David is titillated at the prospect of being with Ann and treating it as an illicit affair. Meanwhile, the same notary, who has known Ann since she was a little girl, visits her and her mother. He tells her of the news, and [[ValuesDissonance Ann’s mother is shocked]]. Ann isn’t worried since she knows David will propose and marry her tonight. But while visiting their old dating spot, Momma Lucy’s Restaurant, Ann finds out that David has no intention of telling her the news or marrying her that night. Her anger only intensifies when they’re home, and David is jauntily getting ready for bed--getting champagne, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable putting on his PJ’s with a pocket square]]. Ann knows [[ReadyForLovemaking this song and dance]], and in a flash of anger, she kicks David out, because he had the gall to want to sleep with his technically unmarried wife…

* HollywoodLaw: David neglects his job and clients for three days straight. His clients even come and complain, but David has to get Ann back.

* LoveEpiphany: Jeff doesn’t come to Ann’s defence when David angrily holds her down, and she realizes that Jeff’s gentleman qualities are spineless, and she'd rather be with David; he’s someone who won’t put up with her crap.

* DisposableFiancee: Ann is engaged to Jeff for a short while. We all know this won't last for long.

--->'''David Smith''': I'd give five bucks to see that cat take a sip of that soup.

* LoveEpiphany: Jeff doesn’t come to Ann’s defence when David angrily holds her down, and she realizes that Jeff’s gentleman qualities are spineless, and she rather be with David; he’s someone who won’t put up with her crap.

--->'''David''': Why you hill-billy ambulance chaser.

!!''Mr and Mrs Smith'' provides examples of:

Ann and David Smith have just had a three day spat where neither has left their bedroom until they’ve made up. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]; with a lot of soothing on David's part, Ann let's him go to work.

While at work, a notary from Idaho visits David’s practice (he’s a lawyer) and says that due to a technicality, Ann and David aren’t really married. David is titillated at the prospect of being with Ann and treating it as an illicit affair. Meanwhile, the same notary, who has known Ann since she was a little girl, visits her and her mother. He tells her of the news, and [[ValuesDissonance Ann’s mother is shocked]]. Ann isn’t worried since she knows David will propose and marry her tonight. But while visiting their old dating spot, Momma Lucy’s Restaurant, Ann finds out that David has no intention of telling her the truth or marrying her that night. Her anger only intensifies when they’re home, and David is jauntily getting ready for bed--getting champagne, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable putting on his PJ’s with a pocket square]]. Ann knows [[ReadyForLovemaking this song and dance]], and in a flash of anger, she kicks David out, because he had the gall to want to sleep with his technically unmarried wife…

[[caption-width-right:350:We're insane!!]]

While at work, a notary from Idaho visits David’s practice (he’s a lawyer) and says that due to a technicality, Ann and David aren’t really married. David is titillated at the prospect of being with Ann and treating it as an illicit affair. Meanwhile, the same notary, who has known Ann since she was a little girl, visits her and her mother. He tells her of the news, and [[ValuesDissonance Ann’s mother is shocked]]. Ann isn’t worried since she knows David will propose and marry her tonight.
But while visiting their old dating spot, Momma Lucy’s Restaurant, Ann finds out that David has no intention of telling her the truth or marrying her that night. Her anger only intensifies when they’re home, and David is jauntily getting ready for bed--getting champagne, [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable putting on his PJ’s with a pocket square]]. Ann knows [[ReadyForLovemaking this song and dance]], and in a flash of anger, she kicks David out, because he had the gall to want to sleep with his technically unmarried wife…

While at work, a notary from Idaho visits David’s practice (he’s a lawyer) and says that due to a technicality, Ann and David aren’t really married. David is titillated at the prospect of being with Ann and treating it as an illicit affair.
Meanwhile, the same notary, who has known Ann since she was a little girl, visits her and her mother. He tells her of the news, and [[ValuesDissonance Ann’s mother is shocked]]. Ann isn’t worried since she knows David will propose and marry her tonight.

This is a Creator/AlfredHitchcock directed ScrewballComedy starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery.

Ann and David Smith have just had a three day spat where neither has left their bedroom until they’ve made up. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leave David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks him an important question before she let's him get back to work: if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He answers with a no]]; with a lot of soothing, Ann let's David go to work.

* ContrivedCoincidence: What happens right after David mentions that if he wasn’t married to Ann he wouldn’t be married at all? Someone informs them that they aren’t technically married.
* CreatorCameo: Hitchcock appears after David comes out of his apartment building, and Hitchcock walks by.
* DisposableFiancee: Ann is engaged to Jeff for a short while.
* DivorceIsTemporary: there wasn’t technically a marriage to need a divorce, but Ann and David, especially Ann, go their different ways for a while like a divorced couple. Albeit, temporarily.

* WardrobeMalfunction: Ann got married in a black skirt-suit, but it has

[[MrAndMrsSmith No, not the one with the guns and spies.]] This is a Creator/AlfredHitchcock directed ScrewballComedy starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery.

Ann and David Smith have just had a three day spat where neither has left their bedroom until they’ve made up. Happily, they reconcile, but all of Ann’s relationship rules leaves David feeling a little controlled. Ann asks David that if he could do it all over again, would he have married her? He says no which wasn’t the answer she was looking for. He’s therefore happy to be back at work once he’s soothed Ann about his unfortunate answer.