She married a cop

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Movie
Original title She married a cop
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1939
length 66 minutes
Rod
Director Sidney Salkow
script Oliver Cooper
production Sol C. Siegel
music Cy Fire
Ralph Freed
Burton Lane
camera Ernest Miller
cut Ernest J. Nims
occupation

She Married a Cop is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow . The script is said to be based on an original story by Edmund Seward, whose basic idea found its way into the film.

action

Linda Fay and her boss, Bob Adams, who run the New York office of Mammoth Studios, are looking for a singing voice for Paddy the Pig for a cartoon. On this occasion, Linda organizes auditions in her apartment, which is less popular with her neighbors. One of those who feel disturbed even calls the police. Officer Jimmy Duffy recommends Linda to calm down Joe Nash from whom the call came. Duffy and Linda meet again at a police festival, where Jimmy gives the singers tips on how to sing properly. Linda is very impressed by his beautiful voice and can convince Bob, her pianist Sidney and the secretary Mabel Dunne that Jimmy is exactly the voice they need for their cartoon . Linda then speaks to Jimmy, but withholds from him that he should lend his voice to Paddy the pig and leaves him with the belief that he will get a serious acting performance. Linda and Jimmy fell in love long ago. Bob, who also loves Linda, is jealous but still gives Jimmy a contract. Jimmy euphorically shows his family's contract and announces that he will quit his job with the police. Jimmy's parents are concerned, but have nothing to counter their son's enthusiasm. The day before the film premieres, Linda and Jimmy get married. The young woman has still not confessed what was in store for him. When parents, friends and Jimmy's colleagues from the police sit expectantly in the cinema to hear Jimmy's voice coming from the snout of a pig that is also dressed in a uniform , his former colleagues in particular can hardly contain themselves with laughter. Jimmy himself is hit to the core. After spending the night away, he accuses Linda the next morning of marrying him and keeping him there so he wouldn't get out of the contract. There is a rift between the two and, as a result, misunderstandings. The cartoon with Jimmy's voice has now become a hit and audiences are asking for a sequel.

Jimmy's family would like to see the young couple make up again. Jimmy's sister Trudy sees an opportunity when she sees pictures for the new cartoon in Linda's apartment, including a picture that Linda titled, May I introduce you to James Duffy Jr.? When Trudy is besieged by curious reporters after she has left Linda's apartment, she spreads the news that Linda is pregnant. When Jimmy reads about it in the newspaper, he immediately rushes to the studio, where Linda is busy with more drawings of Paddy's future children. When he expresses his joy to Linda that Paddy is now going to be a father, she confesses to him while he hugs her tenderly that he too will soon be one.

Production and Background

The shooting lasted from May 12 to the end of May 1939. On July 12, 1939 the film premiered in the USA . Republic Pictures Corp. acted as the production company and sales company. The film had the working titles Fighting Irish and Laughing Irish Hearts , Cartoon Lover and Love's a Fable .

According to the Hollywood Reporter , Nancy Carroll was originally intended to be the female lead for She Married a Cop and Leonard Fields to direct.

Music in the film

- Text by Ralph Freed, music by Burton Lane -

  • I can't imagine
  • I'll remember
  • Here's to love

Awards

Cy Feuer was nominated for an Oscar in 1940 for “Best Film Music” . However, Richard Hageman , William Franke Harling , John Leipold and Leo Shuken made the running with their music for the Western Ringo .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b She Married a Cop (1939) Notes at TCM - Turner Classic Movies
  2. She Married a Cop Original Print Information at TCM - Turner Classic Movies