Every Girl Should Be Married

Every Girl Should Be Married

He won't say "YES"! She won't take "NO"!

Directed by Don Hartman

Produced by RKO Radio Pictures

194885 min5.9 / 10

A lighthearted 1940s romantic comedy built on scheming and pursuit, where a determined woman chases an unwilling bachelor through increasingly elaborate machinations until love wins out.

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage

Questions people ask

  • Is Every Girl Should Be Married sad? No. Less sad than 97% of films.

  • Does Every Girl Should Be Married end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is Every Girl Should Be Married easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is Every Girl Should Be Married violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Every Girl Should Be Married scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity10

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise41

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Every Girl Should Be Married

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Every Girl Should Be Married

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Every Girl Should Be Married, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Every Girl Should Be Married, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Every Girl Should Be Married, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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