Come Live with Me (1941)

Director
Clarence Brown

Main cast
James Stewart; Hedy Lamarr; Ian Hunter; Verree Teasdale; Donald Meek

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
Illegal immigrant and showgirl Johnny Jones is due to be deported from the USA, her only hope is to get married, but her rich publisher boyfriend Barton Kendrick is already married! She meets down-on-his-luck author, Bill Smith, and proposes a marriage of convenience in order to remain in the country, but Bill has more ambitious ideas.


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