Marriage Is a Private Affair
Theo hesitates to marry due to her mother's multiple marriages. She weds Lt. Tom West impulsively. After having a baby, she struggles with motherhood while Tom works constantly, leading her to question her choices.
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"Lana Turner was a true movie star, and she again proves it in this vehicle, "Marriage is a Private Affair," from 1944, which stars Lana with John Hodiak and James Craig. The Taylors, the Gables et al. were off fighting the war. Turner plays a young woman, Theo, extremely popular with the men, who marries a soldier (Hodiak) whom she barely knows, Lieutenant Tom West. Nevertheless, they are happy at first, and have a son. But Tom's work keeps him busy for hours on end, and Theo starts to miss all the attention she once had. She also misses being perceived as a young beauty; now s..."
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Tennessee Williams, then little-known, contributed some additional dialogue to the film without credit.
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Theo hesitates to marry due to her mother's multiple marriages. She weds Lt. Tom West impulsively. After having a baby, she struggles with motherhood while Tom works constantly, leading her to question her choices.