Holy Matrimony (1943 film)
Holy Matrimony is a 1943 comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was based on the novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett. It stars Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields, with Laird Cregar, Una OConnor, Alan Mowbray, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore, and George Zucco in supporting roles.
Priam Farll Monty Woolley is a famous English painter and recluse who has been living in various isolated places around the world with only his valet ofyears, Henry Leek Eric Blore, for company. In 1905, Farll reluctantly travels to London to be knighted. Upon their arrival, however, Leek becomes very ill. Farll summons Dr. Caswell Melville Cooper, but Leek succumbs to double pneumonia. The doctor mistakenly assumes it is Farll who has died, and the publicityhating artist is only too glad to assume Leeks identity.When the King an uncredited Edwin Maxwell himself shows up to pay his respects, Farll learns that the body is to buried at Westminster Abbey. Trying to end the masquerade, he only manages to convince his sole relative Franklin Pangborn, a cousin he has not seen since childhood, that he is a lunatic. ........
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