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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1951 DVD Release: 04/20/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 16 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy

Let's Make It Legal begins at the end--the end of the long marriage between beautiful grandmother Miriam (Claudette Colbert) and her chronic-gambler husband Hugh (Macdonald Carey). Barbara (Barbara Bates), the daughter of the couple, hopes to bring her parents back together, which proves to be a difficult proposition when Miriam's old flame Victor (Zachary Scott), now a millionaire, arrives in town. Hugh tries all sorts of comic strategies to win his ex-wife back, but to no avail. Ultimately, Miriam must choose between the financially solvent Victor and the impishly irresponsible Hugh. This being a comedy, it isn't hard to figure who's going to be headed to the altar at fade-out time. Let's Make It Legal was partly designed to showcase two of Fox's up-and-coming contract players: Robert Wagner and Marilyn Monroe. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Claudette Colbert - Miriam Denham
MacDonald Carey - Hugh Halsworth
Zachary Scott - Victor Macfarland
Barbara Bates - Barbara Denham
Robert Wagner - Jerry Denham

Richard Sale's marriage comedy Let's Make It Legal is probably best known as one of Marilyn Monroe's early films. This fact is surely the main reason the film was allowed to debut on DVD. The film is presented in a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital Stereo and Dolby Digital Mono. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but fans of old-fashioned Hollywood comedies should greatly enjoy this 20th Century Fox title. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide