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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This is a pre-code film after all: Bridget implies that her much younger boyfriend/protégé share the same bed, infidelity is discussed explicitly, and no one dies for having an affair!

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* YourCheatingHeart: The whole film takes a mature look at infidelity and marriage.

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The film was [[TheRemake remade]] in 1941 with Creator/RobertTaylor, Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/GreerGarson; however, the frankness of the pre-code attitude is mostly gone.



* TheRemake: This film was remade in 1941 with Creator/RobertTaylor, Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/GreerGarson; however, the frankness of the pre-code attitude is mostly gone.
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''When Ladies Meet'' (1933) is a [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] drama starring Creator/RobertMontgomery, Ann Harding, and Creator/MyrnaLoy.

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''When Ladies Meet'' (1933) is a [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] drama starring Creator/RobertMontgomery, Ann Harding, Creator/AnnHarding, and Creator/MyrnaLoy.
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* TheRemake: This film was remade in 1941 with Robert Taylor, Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/GreerGarson; however, the frankness of the pre-code attitude is mostly gone.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Clare admits that she doesn’t want to be this type of woman, so she coolly lets her husband have several affairs because she knows he’ll come back to her.
* TheDitz: Bridget (played by Alice Brady), but she does give some sage advice at times sometimes making her a GeniusDitz.
* ExtremeDoormat: Clare borders on this. She was angry at Rogers when he first cheated on her, but she decided to let it go because she wanted to keep the illusion of a happy marriage together.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Clare admits that she doesn’t want to be this type of woman, so she coolly lets her husband Rogers have several affairs because she knows he’ll come back to her.
* TheDitz: Bridget (played by Alice Brady), but she does give some sage advice at times sometimes sometimes, making her a GeniusDitz.
* ExtremeDoormat: Clare borders on this. She was angry at Rogers when he first cheated on her, but she decided to let it go because she wanted to keep the illusion of a happy marriage together.marriage.
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* PlotParallel: Mary’s new novel point for point reflects her affair with Rogers and wanting

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* PlotParallel: Mary’s new novel point for point reflects her affair with Rogers and wanting Rogers.



* WideEyedIdealist: Mary thinks that two women, one a mistress and the wife being cheated on, can calmly and reasonably discuss their situation and the wife can easily concede her marriage to the mistress.

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* WideEyedIdealist: Mary thinks that two women, one a mistress and the wife being cheated on, can calmly and reasonably discuss their situation situation, and the wife can easily concede her marriage to the mistress.
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Jimmie (Montogomery) is set on marrying his friend, and writer, Mary (Loy). But upon finding out that she’s having an affair with her publisher, Rogers (Frank Morgan), Jimmy concocts a plan to make Mary and Rodger’s wife, Clare (Harding), meet.

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Jimmie (Montogomery) is set on marrying his friend, and writer, Mary (Loy). But upon finding out that she’s having an affair with her publisher, Rogers (Frank Morgan), Jimmy concocts a plan to make Mary and Rodger’s Roger’s wife, Clare (Harding), meet.
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This film was remade in 1941 with Robert Taylor, Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/GreerGarson; however, the frankness of the pre-code attitude is mostly gone.


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This film was remade in 1941 with Robert Taylor, Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/GreerGarson; however, the frankness of the pre-code attitudes is mostly gone.

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* LetsDuet: Clare and Mary sing an old love song on the piano, showing how they're kindred spirits.
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[[caption-width-right:350: When ladies meet, the LoveTriangle is revealed.]]
''When Ladies Meet'' (1933) is a [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] drama starring Creator/RobertMontgomery, Ann Harding, and Creator/MyrnaLoy.

Jimmie (Montogomery) is set on marrying his friend, and writer, Mary (Loy). But upon finding out that she’s having an affair with her publisher, Rogers (Frank Morgan), Jimmy concocts a plan to make Mary and Rodger’s wife, Clare (Harding), meet.

This film was remade in 1941 with Robert Taylor, Creator/JoanCrawford, and Creator/GreerGarson; however, the frankness of the pre-code attitudes is mostly gone.
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!!''When Ladies Meet'' follows these tropes:
*BelligerentSexualTension: Between Jimmie and Mary.
*BitchInSheepsClothing: Rogers seems like he sincerely wants to leave his wife and marry Mary, but it turns out [[spoiler: that Mary is just one of many in his long list of dalliances.]]
*ClingyJealousGirl: Clare admits that she doesn’t want to be this type of woman, so she coolly lets her husband have several affairs because she knows he’ll come back to her.
*TheDitz: Bridget (played by Alice Brady), but she does give some sage advice at times sometimes making her a GeniusDitz.
*ExtremeDoormat: Clare borders on this. She was angry at Rogers when he first cheated on her, but she decided to let it go because she wanted to keep the illusion of a happy marriage together.
*GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This is a pre-code film after all: Bridget implies that her much younger boyfriend/protégé share the same bed, infidelity is discussed explicitly, and no one dies for having an affair!
*GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Discussed In-Universe when Clare and Mary talk about Mary’s book about infidelity.
*HopelessSuitor: Jimmie can’t catch a break with Mary since she’s in so deep with Rogers.
*LoveTriangle: Jimmie is in love with Mary but Mary loves Rogers.
*TheMistress: Mary is one, but she wants to defy the conventions of the average mistress by being open and honest with the wife of her lover.
*PlotParallel: Mary’s new novel point for point reflects her affair with Rogers and wanting
*OperationJealousy: This is how Jimmie convinces Clare to come to Bridget’s home: he tells Clare that he wants to use her to make Mary jealous, hoping for a GreenEyedEpiphany. It doesn’t really work since they both end up liking each other.
*StalkerWithACrush: Jimmie shows dashes of this like showing up at Mary’s house unexpectedly or asking her to marry him on several occasions.
*UpperClassTwit: Bridget, oh, Bridget.
*WideEyedIdealist: Mary thinks that two women, one a mistress and the wife being cheated on, can calmly and reasonably discuss their situation and the wife can easily concede her marriage to the mistress.
*YourCheatingHeart: The whole film takes a mature look at infidelity and marriage.
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