Merle Oberon
Jill Baker
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Synopsis
A woman's recurring hiccups lead her to a psychoanalyst and then to doubts about her marriage. What begins as a search for relief becomes a romantic complication for both spouses. Domestic security is tested through conversation, jealousy and increasingly elaborate misunderstandings.
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DirectorsErnst Lubitsch
Inspirations
The screenplay draws on Divorçons, the nineteenth-century play by Victorien Sardou and Émile de Najac. Its marital manoeuvres are relocated to a world in which psychoanalysis offers a fashionable language for dissatisfaction.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Merle Oberon — Harry Warnecke · Public domain
- Melvyn Douglas — Unknown author · Public domain
- Burgess Meredith — BBDO (Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne) for General Electric, the show's sponsor. · Public domain
- Alan Mowbray — Trailer screenshot · Public domain
