Very well executed

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

... even if you are made for each other. This was quite a more serious role for Carole Lombard versus her typical screwball comedy roles. She was a lot less manic and I actually found her quite charming. James Stewart is his familiar every-man, and he and Lombard made a great pair.This was an interesting story about a couple who marry after only knowing each other for one day. Stewart's mother, a delightfully crabby Lucile Watson, of course does not approve of Lombard. She wanted her son to marry Eunice Doolittle (what a name), the daughter of Charles Coburn, a prominent judge in town and Stewart's boss. Marrying into the Doolittle family would lend prestige (and presumably a bump up the social ladder), but Stewart doesn't love Eunice Doolittle. Stewart, a lawyer at a local law firm, feels like he and Lombard will have it made. Unfortunately, his career seems to be at a standstill. Lombard then announces that she's having a baby which further strains and complicates Stewart and Lombard's marriage.This was a nice dramatic film about a whirlwind romance and a couple trying to succeed despite facing odds at every corner. I thought Lombard did a great job, and had she not died in 1942, she would have gone on to do even more great things in her career. James Stewart was excellent as the newlywed who wants nothing more than to provide for his wife and get his mother to accept her. Charles Coburn provides great support for the film as the clueless curmudgeon of a boss demanding employees take pay cuts when Stewart is ready to ask for a raise. I especially liked the scene between he and Stewart when Stewart shows up on his doorstep begging for help in buying serum to help his baby's pneumonia. And never has the delivery of pharmaceuticals had me more on the edge of my seat.The fllm overall, minus the rather sensational finish that is good although it really doesn't seem to belong, is about the mundane things that make a marriage - dealing with super critical live-in in-laws that will not admit that they are super critical, making ends meet and cutting back where you can and even sometimes where you can't, even trying to find a babysitter on New Year's Eve. At least this couple got to sleep in a double bed rather than the virginal twin beds that were the standard in the production code era. I'm still not sure how they managed to get that past the censors back in those days. Highly recommended and amazingly in the public domain, it can be found just about everywhere including some just awful DVD prints and on youtube due to its lack of copyright protection.

Everyone knows It's a Wonderful LIfe (1946) , but fewer know Made for Each Other (1939). If you are a film fan, you know Carole Lombard was Clark Gable's wife, and died in an airplane crash in Jan 16, 1942, while helping the war effort. Enjoy this as the first film with It's a Wonderful Life. This film may be an unexpected mix of plot devices, but anyone who enjoys classic Hollywood drama and stars will enjoy the fine cast and human story that makes this a fine Hollywood movie. Beginning with the classic Shop Around the Corner (1940), this film might be considered a early classic for Jimmy Stewart, and a lovely tribute for Lombard. She will be remembered as a fine and beautiful screen star whose career and life were tragically cut short. Made for Each Other movingly tell a story of love and devotion to both family and job frustrations that even the most modern viewer can relate to. Also, this was made in 1939 as were so many great films. It's a movie that were made to tug at your heart strings rather than overwhelm you with explosions and loud music.

Made for Each Other (1939)"Last year there were half a million divorces in this country. Congratulations."And that is the beginning of a sometimes-screwball comedy that turns very serious by the end, with James Stewart leading the charge. It could be screwier, and Jimmy Stewart is more lovable than hilarious, so the humor revolves around him as the foil. Carole Lombard, his partner in crime, can be more zany, for sure, but even there, she is more restrained than other films (like "Twentieth Century"). It's the situation, and the rest of the cast, who make this funny...and eventually tragic.How exactly it drags at times is hard to say. Oddly, even Stewart is a little off base, exaggerating too much. The plot, overall, lacks drive. You might think this doesn't matter in a silly comedy, but it does very much. In fact, because this comedy is laced with a fair amount of normal drama, it needs a basic conflict that dramas need. There are some terrific scenes--the New Year's moment is really moving, and the scenes after that--and these are the reason to watch.On some level, this is a type of drama/comedy that is aimed at new parents, or newlyweds. The couple's focus on the baby reminded me of "Christmas in Connecticut," and "Penny Serenade." I wish it just worked better, but too often it bumbles along, one little moment after another, the result of imperfect direction (John Cromwell) and a weak script. So it does the best it can, and the last half hour is its best, with high drama kicking in. This is a David O. Selznick production in the same year as his slightly more famous movie, "Gone with the Wind."

Manhattan lawyer James Stewart (as John "Johnny" Mason) falls in love at first sight with beautiful Carole Lombard (as Jane), while obtaining a Boston deposition. The happy newlyweds return to New York, but receive a frosty reception from Mr. Stewart's hard-of-hearing boss Charles Coburn (as Joseph M. Doolittle) and his mother Lucile Watson (as Harriet). They had hoped Stewart would marry the boss' daughter, and live in reflective prosperity. While obviously "Made for Each Other", Stewart and Ms. Lombard have trouble making ends meet, especially after baby makes three.The struggling couple must also contend with complaining mother Watson, who moves in, and a series of ineffectual servants. With Lombard and Watson around the house, you have to accept that the "hired help" is around to impress Mr. Coburn and other dinner guests. Esther Dale (as Annie) and Renee Orsell (as Hilda) are funny maids. Louise Beavers (as Lily) offers some helpful advice about eating watermelon; and, she delivers fried chicken on holidays. Eventually, the frothy comedy turns to heavy melodrama. As usual, the David O. Selznick production values are excellent.******* Made for Each Other (2/10/39) John Cromwell ~ James Stewart, Carole Lombard, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson