I Married a Woman (1958)

Part of the very brief American film career of "the British Marylyn Monroe" Diana Dors. Filmed in 1956 it was not actually released until 1958 because the studio that made it, RKO, was falling apart at the time and ending up closing entirely, its remaining films to be distributed by others. Nearly as generic as its name I Married a Women plays very much like the situation comedy's of its day, but with just a little added sex appeal. Dors plays the sexy young wife of a New York adman (George Gobels, whose talent impressively transcends the little he's given to work with), she just wants to tell her husband that she's pregnant, but he's preoccupied trying to save an important account at work, so predictably a series comic misunderstanding prevents George from learning he's a father to be until the last few minutes of the picture. John Wayne of all people actually has a cameo in this movie, the lead couple goes to see one of his films which amusingly is shown in color while the rest of the picture is in black and white, this is probably the films creative high point. Likable in spite of its self I Married a Women has some definite value as curio. **1/2