I'm watching this movie for the first time. Does anyone else out there think it's highly unusual for a film made at this point in time (1939) that Stewart and Lombard's characters actually shared a double bed? I think the first people who shared a marital bed on TV were either Ozzy and Harriet Nelson or Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. And both of those couples were married to each other not only on their shows but also in real life.
shareI agree completely! I thought the same thing. And although Jimmy Stewart always seemed to play "the crazy" in his films (it drives me up the wall!), I felt that the boat scene, and esp. that jerk Carter who joyfully delivered the news that Johnny had to come back immediately, was the start of their many troubles.
shareI also noticed the shared bed. I do think it was quite rare.
shareJimmy also shared a double bed (with Eleanor Powell) in a movie 4 years earlier: Born to Dance (1936).
The first scene I recall showing a husband/wife in PJs in bed was David Nelson and his real life wife in the later Ozzie and Harriet shows. I don't recall Lucy and Ricky ever sharing a bed.
shareThe first scene I recall showing a husband/wife in PJs in bed was David Nelson and his real life wife in the later Ozzie and Harriet shows.
Lucy and Ricky had twin beds that were pushed together. In an episode of I Love Lucy when the Ricardo's and the Mertzes are driving out to California Fred and Ethel shared a bed.
shareI thought the bedroom taboo was television only. Movies had scenes that weren't done on TV.
shareI noticed that too, it was rather shocking lol.
shareAnd then there is The 39 Steps (1935), where we see a couple in bed together, and they aren't even married. Of course, they had to on account of the handcuffs, and it is clear that they did not have sex.
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