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A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
My Life with Caroline
1941 Directed by Lewis Milestone
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Wow, I only had to watch 26 Ronald Colman films to finally see a hint of a dick outline. #TrueLoveWaits
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One of the real perks of a work trip is hotel room TCM. I caught some time before our first morning conference with this forgotten screwball melodrama directed by two time Academy Award winning Best Director Lewis Milestone. These forgotten gems are my favorite TCM offerings, aired quietly in the slow morning hours with little traffic.
However, since I had a call time for work, I missed the final twenty minutes or so. Fortunately, YouTube had a copy for me to finish up. What a world.
The setup is a typical “win back the wife” conceit which works really well in the genre but by the time we’ve settled in to the model Ronald Colman breaks the fourth wall to…
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Silly comedy that finds Ronald Coleman's wife Caroline plotting to leave him and run away with a new man whom she's taken a fancy too...the only thing is that Caroline falls in and out of love with other guys sooo quickly that Coleman not only doesn't take her seriously but he starts to humor her ("Oh darling I will miss you but I suppose the heart wants what the heart wants") which in turn makes Caroline's want to leave melt away completely. It's kind of a game that Caroline seems to play over and over again but Coleman seems to become rather find of it. Like I said it's very silly, but I liked Coleman a lot here in his…
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Anna Lee is Caroline who is married to Ronald Colman but wants to marry Gilbert Roland. Before she accepts the proposal, she wants to have the approval of her ther soon-to-be ex-husband first (as any good woman would do). Ronnie breaks the fourth wall to tell the audience that he is not the least bit bothered by the situation as he recounts similar incident in a lengthy flashback.
The premise is ridiculous, who in their right mind would want to divorce Ronald Colman? Caroline is screwy - she has the attention span of a fly and the memory of a goldfish. The only justification she provides for wanting to leave Ronnie is that "you forget people when they're not there."…
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The warm, witty and urbane screen personality of Ronald Colman carries this film, even though the title role of Caroline goes to Anna Lee.
Colman's amused expression, interplay with co-stars like the dependable Charles Winninger, and ease in telling us, the audience, the story, keeps this minor RKO film ticking along.
A couple of excellent scenes - one concerning a sculpture of 'the essential' Caroline, one of Colman preempting his wife's lines before she says them - are priceless.
An enjoyable comic distraction.
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There's lots to like (Ronald Coleman, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Winninger, the set design) and quite a bit to tick me off (how dumb, unreasonable and child-like our leading lady is, how her best friend is ripping off Eve Arden, direction that tries to even out what could have been a story full of peaks and valleys). So I'm on the fence on this one. Definitely watchable, with a side-helping of infuriating.
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A real thrill when Ronald Colman breaks the fourth wall and speaks to us.
Colman and Winnegar talking for Anna Lee and Reginald Gardiner while watching them is too funny.
Colman is charming and adorable and dreamy. Anna Lee's character may chatter on a bit too much.
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A delightful screwball comedy with Ronald Colman gives his smooth sophisticated charm as the wealthy Mr. Anthony Mason who is married to Caroline Anna Lee his screwy wife who has a tendency to fall in love with other men...especially when Mr. Mason is out of town.
Her recent romance is with a tall handsome Argentinian Paco Gilbert Roland who has asked her father Charles Winninger for his daughters hand in marriage...who is indifferent and spoiled, as long as he will have a nice cozy room to rest his head.
Mr. Mason who is back in town unannounced seeing the two love birds at the cafe table, turns to the camera, breaking the fourth wall and tells the audience as he smiles, that he’s familiar with these brief romantic interludes...and the audience is referred back to a similar romance his wife had with Paul Reginald Gardiner.
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While My Life with Caroline (1941) opens itself rather nicely at the end, the road there is surprisingly uneventful. Elegant, naturally, with Ronald Colman there, but his wife's romantic affairs are rather tame and doesn't nearly get as dramatic or dizzy as they should have been.
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This was my introduction to Ronald Colman and old Hollywood in general, so even though this is probably not the greatest movie of that time period, it holds a very special place in my heart.
Alternative title: A Man Has The Patience Of A Saint
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P good movie ig but realistically speaking, no one would want to divorce Ronald Colman.
But don't watch this when you're hungry tho (like I did), the moment Reginald pulled out those sandwiches, I started crying.
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My Life with Caroline (1941, Lewis Milestone)
Suave publisher Anthony (Ronald Colman) marries socialite Caroline (Anna Lee) but she still pursues other chaps. Her more recent fella, Paco (Gilbert Roland), promises a far more exciting life with him. She's tempted. Rather charming!