A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.
Ruth Adler
- Knight #1
- (uncredited)
Luis Alberni
- Jean Frederique
- (uncredited)
Rafael Alcayde
- Berti
- (uncredited)
Maude Allen
- Gossiper #3 at Reception
- (uncredited)
Sig Arno
- Waiter with Champagne
- (uncredited)
Evelyn Atchinson
- Marie Antoinette
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally planned as a vehicle for Jeanette MacDonald 10 years earlier, but the somewhat racy content put the musical on hold at MGM, until it was a hit on Broadway in 1938.
- GoofsWhen the count (Nelson Eddy) removes the feathers from his wife's new hat, the feathers are a different type and color, and attached differently, from the feathers on the hat shown to his wife (Jeanette MacDonald) seconds before.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nelson and Jeanette (1992)
- SoundtracksI Married an Angel
(1938)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Added music by Herbert Stothart
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Added lyrics by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
Reprised by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy often
Played also as background music
Featured review
Not a Worthy Vehicle for Eddy and MacDonald
This film starts out promisingly, with some witty and sophisticated dialogue, but it deteriorates towards the end, when the joke has worn thin.
The birthday party scene, with Jeanette in her tacky little angel costume, was delightful, as was the following segment where Nelson falls asleep and is visited in his dreams by a real angel, also played by Jeanette. The scenes where she slowly learns the art of being insincere and how to skirt around the truth are also a lot of fun.
But the joke goes on for too long, and musically also the film takes a downward slide towards the end. Musically, both stars were capable of handling much better material than they were given in this film, and it's a shame that, while there are some pretty little songs in the early part, there is not one really memorable musical number that allowed them to shine as only they could.
But the pair handle the inferior material as well as anyone could, and there is still a special magic between them.
Just a pity about the heavy censorship of the Hayes Office, and the lack of a really good score.
The birthday party scene, with Jeanette in her tacky little angel costume, was delightful, as was the following segment where Nelson falls asleep and is visited in his dreams by a real angel, also played by Jeanette. The scenes where she slowly learns the art of being insincere and how to skirt around the truth are also a lot of fun.
But the joke goes on for too long, and musically also the film takes a downward slide towards the end. Musically, both stars were capable of handling much better material than they were given in this film, and it's a shame that, while there are some pretty little songs in the early part, there is not one really memorable musical number that allowed them to shine as only they could.
But the pair handle the inferior material as well as anyone could, and there is still a special magic between them.
Just a pity about the heavy censorship of the Hayes Office, and the lack of a really good score.
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- Also known as
- Hon var en ängel
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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