Consolation Marriage is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars Irene Dunne , Pat O'Brien , John Halliday , Myrna Loy , and Matt Moore .

Consolation Marriage: Directed by Paul Sloane. With Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Myrna Loy. In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman.

Honest with each other and wanting companionship, the jilted duo decide to make the best of it and enter into their own marriage together, an open marriage which they fully expect to dissolve when it becomes inconvenient or something better comes along.

Reporter Rollo Porter (Pat O'Brien) is devastated when his childhood sweetheart Elaine (Myrna Loy) marries another man. Rollo then meets Mary Brown (Irene Dunn), who's also inconsolable after the man she waited for has gotten married to another women. Rollo and Mary quickly strike up a friendship with each other ...

May 12, 2016 · Paul Sloane directs 1931’s Consolation Marriage, from a story by Bill Cunningham. The plot of Consolation Marriage takes several turns toward melodrama, though there are also plenty of lighter, sweeter moments as Steve and Mary get to know each other.

Two people, heartbroken after being spurned by their separate childhood crushes, find friendship in the arms of each other. They’re musical Mary (Dunne) and wry journalist Steve (O’Brien). On a whim and because they like each other so much, marriage enters the picture.

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In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has lost his childhood sweetheart Elaine, who has also married another.