While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.
- Newark Radio Operator
- (uncredited)
- Salt Lake City Hospital Chemist
- (uncredited)
- John Mason Jr. - Infant
- (uncredited)
- Lily - Cook #3
- (uncredited)
- Jim Hatton
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Carter
- (uncredited)
- Judge
- (uncredited)
- Ranger on Telephone
- (uncredited)
- Younger Doolittle
- (uncredited)
- Omaha Radio Operator
- (uncredited)
- Juror
- (uncredited)
- Co-Worker
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaDavid O. Selznick's experience of trying to have life-saving serum flown in for his critically ill brother was the basis for the flying sequences ending the movie.
- GoofsWhen John Mason (Jimmy Stewart) visits Judge Doolittle's home in the middle of the night, as John is pleading with the judge's brother Simon to wake up the judge, Simon mouths the exact words John is saying as he is saying them, showing his memorization of the script.
- Quotes
Lily, Cook #3: Never let the seeds stop you from enjoying the watermelon.
Jane: That's all right if you've got a watermelon.
Lily, Cook #3: You mustn't say that, Miss Mason. Yous got your watermelon, but you chokes yourself up on all them little seeds. I always say "Spit 'em out! Spit 'em out before they spoil the taste for the melon."
- Crazy creditsOpening credits start with hands signing "Carole Lombard" and "James Stewart" to a marriage license.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cinema Toast: Familiesgiving (2021)
- SoundtracksMade For Each Other
(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Oscar Levant
Lyrics by Harry Tobias
Written for the movie and probably played instrumentally
When they get back to New York the two of them go through a lot of the trials that newlyweds do, a seemingly unfeeling and uncomprehending boss, a bitter mother-in-law for Lombard, a new baby and then a sick toddler. I guess the fact that they get through it all is proof that they were indeed Made for Each Other.
Other reviewers have noted some similarities between It's A Wonderful Life and Penny Serenade. They are certainly there. What's not there is the screwball comedy that we remember Carole Lombard for. No laughs in this one, she plays this quite seriously and shows her versatility.
Stewart however is pure Stewart. It's as if Jefferson Smith had gone to law school instead of becoming a Boy Ranger. He's so idealistic and full of hope as he starts married life with Lombard. As he appeals to Charles Coburn for financial help to save his kid, the whole audience in the theaters must have felt along with him.
The two have some problems keeping household staff and when they find one they really like, their budget crunch forces them to let Louise Beavers go. Though it sure has some racial clichés in it, my favorite moment comes from Louise Beavers in that scene with Carole Lombard as Lombard tells her they will have to discharge her. Beavers is a woman with real heart and soul and her words of comfort to Lombard never fail to move me.
For fans of melodramatic soap opera and the two stars. Some may find Made for Each Other too saccharine, but I like it.
- bkoganbing
- Dec 1, 2005
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- Also known as
- Stvoreni jedno za drugo
- Filming locations
- Ruess Ranch, California, USA(at Triunfo Creek)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1