An out-of-work husband (Norman Foster) resents his wife (Loretta Young) being the breadwinner in the family.An out-of-work husband (Norman Foster) resents his wife (Loretta Young) being the breadwinner in the family.An out-of-work husband (Norman Foster) resents his wife (Loretta Young) being the breadwinner in the family.
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- Wedding Minister
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- Policeman in Police Station
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- Police Property Clerk
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- TriviaDebut of Sheila Terry.
- GoofsLola calls to tell Ken she won't be home for dinner. He leaves the apartment, throwing his apron out in the hallway. When Lola comes home, she finds the apron on the living room floor, and the light in the kitchen turned off, but Ken apparently didn't come home again before she did, and couldn't have done either.
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Doctor: Haven't you brought enough unhappiness to your husband without jeopardizing his life?
Lola Davis Hayes: I...?
Doctor: Let me give you a little advice. One way or another, a man will find a woman to look out for him not only when he's sick but when he's well. That's something you so-called "modern girls" never seem to count on. You talk about freedom, because you think it's something men have and cherish. But they don't. They hate it. They get along best when they're *not* free. It's human nature, that's all. They need old-fashioned women looking after their health, nagging them into caution, feeding them properly, and giving them families to live for. A great many of these women are just as well-fitted for business as you are, but they don't want it. They put their talents to work instead in what people today think of as a narrow sphere. Well, I don't think it's narrow. I think it's the most important sphere of all. Not much recognition in it, perhaps--no spectacular publicity--but it's built up nations before now, and it *will* build them again.
Mrs. Davis: You hear that, Lola?
- ConnectionsReferences Blessed Event (1932)
- SoundtracksSextette
(1835) (uncredited)
From "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Played at the outdoor concert
One of the most infuriating speeches I have ever heard was spoken by the doctor, and is quoted at length on the main page here at IMDb.
Far too many people, yes, even today, take Ephesians 5 to an extreme and interpret it to mean "women, lie down and be a doormat."
A Greek scholar I once worked for said the King James phrasing, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands ..." is not a very accurate translation, that the word translated as "submit" does not convey the original Greek. He said a better understanding is not that women are supposed to be subordinate, but that women -- and men -- get united into a couple.
So, not to give away the ending, I walked away from the TCM presentation directly to the computer to review this angrily.
Yes, I admired the production and the acting and everything else except the terrible message. And, yes, I hope everyone who likes classic movies will watch because it is, truly, a classic movie, illustrating its time and showcasing some remarkably talented people, including the beautiful Loretta Young.
We all need to remember the context, that "Week-End Marriage" was made in 1932, and to think about what people said and did and believed then, and make sure we don't make the same mistakes today, 2015.
- morrisonhimself
- Jan 5, 2015
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- $149,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1