''Meet the Stewarts'' is a 1942 American

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

directed by Alfred E. Green, which stars

William Holden William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film ''Stalag 17'' (1953) ...

and

Frances Dee Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. Her first film was the musical ''Playboy of Paris'' (1930). She starred in the film '' An American Tragedy'' (1931). She is also known for starring in the 1943 ...

. It was Holden's final film prior to his entering military service for

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, and he was granted a temporary deferment in order to complete filming. The working title of the picture was ''Something Borrowed''.

Premise

A socialite accustomed to luxury has to live on her blue-collar husband's salary.

Cast

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* * * * 1942 films 1942 romantic comedy films American black-and-white films American romantic comedy films Columbia Pictures films Films about marriage Films directed by Alfred E. Green 1940s American films {{romantic-comedy-film-stub