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Most of Hollywood's Angel transpires in the dreamworld of dimpled, operatic Nelson Eddy. As Budapest's jaded Count Willy Palaffi, Eddy falls asleep vowing he will marry nothing less than an angel. Obligingly, M.G.M. sends him Jeanette MacDonald (complete with wings). Since not even camera magic can etherealize perdurable Angel MacDonald, this is one dream to stump Freud-especially when DreamerEddy takes his Angel for a dream honeymoon in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 6, 1942 | 7/6/1942 | See Source »

...plot of I Married An Angel has to do with Count Willy Palaffi (Dennis King), a Budapest banker who, swearing he will marry nothing less than an angel, is forthwith confronted by one (Vera Zorina), wings and all. They wed, but the bride's celestial habit of blurting out the truth stirs up a lot of trouble with the groom's friends and depositors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Musical in Manhattan: May 23, 1938 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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