So Goes My Love

So Goes My Love released as A Genius in the Family in the UK is an American 1946 comedy film, produced by Universal Pictures. It is based on a true story, A Genius in the Family, the memoir of Hiram Percy Maxim, and focusing on the relationship between Maxim and his father, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim.

Farmers daughter Jane Budden Myrna Loy sells her entire pig herd and moves to Brooklyn to find a husband. On the way to the home of her cousin, Garnet Allison Molly Lamont, Jane runs into Hiram Maxim Don Ameche, an eccentric inventor who is her cousins neighbor. Jane scandalizes local society by saying she will not marry for love she merely wants a rich husband who can give her the life of ease and culture she has long dreamed of.Amused by Janes announcement, Hiram visits Jane and tells her she can forget about marrying him. Jane is attracted to Hiram, but angered at his effrontery. She is amused when one of Hirams inventions turns out badly and Hiram is publicly humiliated. Jane goes to a dance, where Hiram makes negative comments on each of her suitors, especially rich real estate developer and attorney Josephus Ford Richard Gaines. Jane agrees to marry Josephus. Hiram gate crashes Janes engagement party, where Jane is dismayed to learn that Josephus wants her to sign a prenuptial agreement and believes Jane should be frugal, silent, and matronly. When Jane learns that Josephus has just invested in a porkpacking plant, she breaks her engagement, rushes to Hirams home, and proposes to him herself. ........

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