Line #19 Film/ThirdFingerLeftHand


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: [[Film/FortySecondStreet There's no honeymoon that's cheaper!]]]]
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4	''Third Finger, Left Hand'' is a 1940 ScrewballComedy directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Creator/MyrnaLoy and Creator/MelvynDouglas.
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6	Margo (Loy), a fashion editor, has the perfect idea to ward off unwanted suitors: pretend she’s married by wearing a wedding ring and having the magazine’s photographer, Gus Winkler (Felix Bressart), write phony love letters to her. She’s able to dupe everyone from her lawyer friend, Philip (Lee Bowman), to even her own family.
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8	But a chance meeting with painter Jeff Thompson (Douglas), has her falling in love. Jeff suspects, however, something fishy when he finds out about her "marriage", leading him to investigate and decide to impersonate her made-up husband.
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10	HilarityEnsues, of course.
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13	!!Tropes:
14	* BadLiar: Margo can’t keep her fake husband’s identity straight, making Jeff rather suspicious to his actual existence.
15	* BelligerentSexualTension: It’s a screwball, what do you expect?
16	* BridalCarry: Angry about his impersonation, Margo digs her nails into Jeff’s cheeks when he picks her up for this trope.
17	* BriefAccentImitation: Margo imitates a Brooklyn accent to embarrass Jeff in front of his friends that he accidentally meets in UsefulNotes/NiagaraFalls.
18	* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Happens with Margo and Jeff.
19	* DisposableFiance: Philip becomes this when Margo wants to get her divorce from Jeff.
20	* DivorceInReno: Margo eschews her divorce proceedings to go settle property documents with Jeff while he heads back home to Ohio.
21	* ExiledToTheCouch: When Jeff sneaks his way into Margo’s family, they are obviously put in the same room to sleep in. Margo takes care of this by locking Jeff on the patio outside.
22	* FunnyForeigner: Gus Winkler is the sweet, nervous photographer that helps Margo keep up her rouse.
23	* LivingADoubleLife: Margo pretending to have a husband far away in South America.
24	* MarriageOfConvenience: To appease the tabloids and her own family, Margo marries Jeff for real so they can get a real divorce and be done with each other.
25	* MarriedToTheJob: Margo loves her job so much that she’s willing to pretend to be married.
26	* MeetCute: Margo accidentally shoos away an art critic that was interested in Jeff’s work and has to fix her mistake.
27	* RomComJob: Margo’s a fashion editor and Jeff’s a painter.
28	* RomanticFalseLead: Philip has been trying to woo Margo for a long time, and she gives him a chance when the whole issue of Jeff props up, but she chooses Jeff over him.
29	* RunningGag: Jeff is from Ohio, so he constantly sings the Ohio riddle [[note]]What’s round on the outside and high in the middle? [[/note]] and he has everyone singing it by the end of the movie.
30	* WeddingRingDefense: The whole plot of the film revolves around this trope and the problems it causes Margo.
31	* ZanyScheme: Margo and Jeff must get married in order to get a divorce.

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