Consolation Marriage
- IMDb link: 0021761
- IMDb rating: 6 (528 votes)
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Paul Sloane
- Cast: Myrna Loy, Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, John Halliday and others
- Release date: 21 Nov 1931
- Release year: 1931
- Runtime: 81 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: new york city, marriage, reporter, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, reference to william shakespeare, wedding anniversary, reference to shakespeare's romeo and juliet, self sacrifice, pregnancy
Plot:
In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has lost his childhood sweetheart Elaine, who has also married another. Mary and Steve become friends, and make a marriage of convenience, based on a shared sense of whimsical humor as well as their mutual losses. When their old loves re-enter their lives a few years later, Mary and Steve must decide what is really important to them.