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rich idiot with no day job was disambiguated by TRS. I'd move this one to Idle Rich, but it's already there.
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* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Exactly want Joan wants to reverse: she wants John to devote himself to his work and make something out of himself.
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* YourCheatingHeart: John goes back to a previous lover when he finds out about Joan's trick.
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''Double Harness'' (1933) is a [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] romantic drama film directed by John Cromwell, starring Creator/AnnHarding and Creator/WilliamPowell. It was directed by John Cromwell
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* AlcoholHic: Valerie, who is sort of a mess, starts doing this after drinking way too much at Joan's dinner party.
--> '''Dennis''': For goodness's sake, don't start hiccuping.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling thing is established in the opening scene, where Valerie wants more of the $5000 that she and Joan are both supposed to be married with, and starts picking up more expensive stuff at the clothing store, while Joan says she can be married by a justice of the peace.
* FakeOutOpening: In the opening shot, a woman in a wedding gown strides towards the camera as "Here Comes the Bride" plays. She's a floor model, showing off a wedding dress for Valerie.
* FakeOutOpening: In the opening shot, a woman in a wedding gown strides towards the camera as "Here Comes the Bride" plays. She's a floor model, showing off a wedding dress for Valerie.
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* TheReveal: Joan tricked John into marrying her: Joan’s father pretended to be upset about their intimate relationship, forcing them to marry for propriety reasons. But, in reality, Joan was colluding with her dad to make John marry her.
* MsRedInk: Valerie has a problem with spending money and running up debts. She hits up Joan for $1000 (in 1933 money, so over ten grand in the 21st century) to pay for all the clothes she's bought, and it isn't the first time.
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* OldMoney: The Fletchers are an old family famous for their shipline.
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* OldMoney: The Fletchers are an old family famous for their shipline.shipping line.
* TheReveal: Joan tricked John into marrying her: Joan’s father pretended to be upset about their intimate relationship, forcing them to marry for propriety reasons. But, in reality, Joan was colluding with her dad to make John marry her.
* TheReveal: Joan tricked John into marrying her: Joan’s father pretended to be upset about their intimate relationship, forcing them to marry for propriety reasons. But, in reality, Joan was colluding with her dad to make John marry her.
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''Double Harness'' (1933) is a [[UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra pre-code]] starring Ann Harding Creator/AnnHarding and Creator/WilliamPowell. It was directed by John Cromwell
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Once John marries Joan, but it gets a little tough for him…
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Once John marries Joan, but it gets a little tough for him…him to stay faithful.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: Things get sour right off the bat with the Fletchers: they spend their ''honeymoon'' is separate quarters, but they still stay married for Joan's sake. It's obvious that they're going to get a divorce soon.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: Things get sour right off the bat with the Fletchers: they spend their ''honeymoon'' is in separate quarters, but they still stay married for Joan's sake. It's obvious that they're going to get a divorce soon.soon, however.
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* LingerieScene: Joan changes into her lingerie while in John's apartment (although given that it's the 1930s, it's hard to tell that her outfit was supposed to be lingerie). It becomes quite the predicament when her father comes and sees this.
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* LingerieScene: Joan changes into her lingerie while in John's apartment (although given that it's the 1930s, it's hard to tell that her outfit was supposed to be lingerie). It becomes quite the predicament when her father comes in and sees this.finds her dressed that way.
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* OldMoney: The Fletchers are an old family famous for their Fletcher ships.
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* OldMoney: The Fletchers are an old family famous for their Fletcher ships.shipline.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Joan’s sister, Valerie, is horribly spoiled. She gets married and wastes her dowry money on just clothing. While married, she gets in with some loan sharks and racks up huge debts all because of clothing.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Joan’s sister, Valerie, is horribly spoiled. She gets married and wastes her dowry money on just clothing. While married, she gets in with some loan sharks and racks up huge debts all because of clothing.her extravagant shopping.
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* GoldDigger: Joan makes it very clear that she wants to marry someone wealthy. Her plan is to marry John and make something of him in the process.
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* GoldDigger: Joan makes it very clear that she wants to marry someone wealthy. Her plan is to marry John and make something of him in the process. She's, however, LighterAndSofter than your average gold digger.
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* SexlessMarriage: Their honeymoon doesn't go too well: they both spend time in different quarters, and things don't get better when they get home.
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* SexlessMarriage: Their honeymoon doesn't go too well: they both spend time in different quarters, and things don't get better when they get home.There's zero sparks for the Fletchers.
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* ShotgunWedding: The result of Joan’s father finding out about Joan and John’s relationship.
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* ShotgunWedding: The result of Joan’s father finding out about Joan and John’s relationship.To protect Joan's honour, John must marry her.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: John is forced into this when Joan's father finds them out.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Finding Joan and John is forced into this when in a compromising situation, Joan's father finds them out.presses John to marry her. Much to Joan's surprise, John agrees.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: Even during the honeymoon, things are sour for the Fletchers.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: Even during the honeymoon, things are Things get sour right off the bat with the Fletchers: they spend their ''honeymoon'' is separate quarters, but they still stay married for the Fletchers.Joan's sake. It's obvious that they're going to get a divorce soon.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Right after marriage, things go sour for the Fletchers.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: Even during the honeymoon, things are sour for the Fletchers.
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* ShotgunWedding: The result of Joan’s father finding out about Joan and John’s very close relationship.
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* ShotgunWedding: The result of Joan’s father finding out about Joan and John’s very close relationship.
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky emotions. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s let his family's shipping line fall to the wayside by being an IdleRich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, Joan falls hard for him, so she quickly decides to trick her way into marriage.
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky emotions. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s let his family's shipping line fall to the wayside by being an IdleRich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, Joan falls hard for him, so she quickly decides to trick her way into marriage.marriage to get the security she wants.
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* NaughtyByNight: Ann seems like a goody-two shoes, but she's ready to seduce and have sex with John to get what she wants.
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* MarriageOfConvenience: What Joan wants:
-->Love? Marriage has nothing to do with love. Marriage is a business - at least, it's a woman's business. And love is an emotion. A man doesn't let emotion interfere with ''his'' business, and if more women would learn not to let emotion interfere with ''theirs'', fewer of them would end up in the divorce court.
* NaughtyByNight:Ann Joan seems like a goody-two shoes, but she's ready to seduce and have sex with John to get what she wants.
-->Love? Marriage has nothing to do with love. Marriage is a business - at least, it's a woman's business. And love is an emotion. A man doesn't let emotion interfere with ''his'' business, and if more women would learn not to let emotion interfere with ''theirs'', fewer of them would end up in the divorce court.
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky love. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s wasted his chances at being something by just being another rich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, falling hard for him, she decides to trick her way into marriage even if she ends up regretting it later.
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky love. emotions. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s wasted let his chances at family's shipping line fall to the wayside by being something by just being another rich an IdleRich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, falling Joan falls hard for him, so she quickly decides to trick her way into marriage even if she ends up regretting it later.marriage.
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* NaughtByNight: Ann seems like a goody-two shoes, but she's ready to seduce and have sex with John to get what she wants.
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* NaughtByNight: NaughtyByNight: Ann seems like a goody-two shoes, but she's ready to seduce and have sex with John to get what she wants.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare and different spin: Having found Joan and John in a compromising situation, Joan’s father forces John to marry her because of propriety reasons.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: And now you must marry ''her''. A rare and different spin: Having found Joan and John in a compromising situation, Joan’s father forces John to marry her because of propriety reasons.
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* GoldDigger: Joan makes it very clear that she wants to marry someone wealthy. Her plan is to marry John and make something of him in the process.
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* IdleRich: How John starts about before Joan starts reforming him into a working man.
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* OldMoney: The Fletchers are an old family famous for their Fletcher ships.
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* SexlessMarriage: Their honeymoon doesn't go too well: they both spend time in different quarters, and things don't get better when they get home.
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* NaughtByNight: Ann seems like a goody-two shoes, but she's ready to seduce and have sex with John to get what she wants.
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* LadyKillerInLove: John with Joan in the beginning.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: John is forced into this when Joan's father finds them out.
* LadyKillerInLove: John with Joan in the beginning.
*LingerieScene: Joan changes into her lingerie while in John's apartment (although given that it's the 1930s, it's hard to tell that her outfit was supposed to be lingerie). It becomes quite the predicament when her father comes and sees this.
* LadyKillerInLove: John with Joan in the beginning.
*LingerieScene: Joan changes into her lingerie while in John's apartment (although given that it's the 1930s, it's hard to tell that her outfit was supposed to be lingerie). It becomes quite the predicament when her father comes and sees this.
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*YourCheatingHeart: John goes back to a previous lover when he finds out about Joan's trick.
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* FoolishSisterResponsibleSister: Valerie is irresponsible, callous, and selfish while Joan is level headed, frank, and reasonable.
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* FoolishSisterResponsibleSister: FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Valerie is irresponsible, callous, and selfish while Joan is level headed, frank, and reasonable.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Romancing the playboy.]]
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky love. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s wasted his chances at being something by just being another rich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, Joan falls in love falling hard and for him, she decides to trick her way into marriage.marriage even if she ends up regretting it later.
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* FolishSisterResponsibleSister: Valerie is irresponsible, callous, and selfish while Joan is level headed, frank, and reasonable.
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky love. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s wasted his chances at being something by just being another rich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, Joan falls in love hard and decides to trick her way into marriage.
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!!''Double Harness'' demonstrates the following tropes:
*AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare and different spin: Having found Joan and John in a compromising situation, Joan’s father forces John to marry her because of propriety reasons.
*AwfulWeddedLife: Right after marriage, things go sour for the Fletchers.
*AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Joan’s sister, Valerie, is horribly spoiled. She gets married and wastes her dowry money on just clothing. While married, she gets in with some loan sharks and racks up huge debts all because of clothing.
*TheCasanova: John is a rich playboy who is friendly to all the ladies.
*DeadpanSnarker: Joan's awfully witty and playfully teases John whenever she can.
*DeconfirmedBachelor: Once John marries Joan, but it gets a little tough for him…
*LadyKillerInLove: John with Joan in the beginning.
*FolishSisterResponsibleSister: Valerie is irresponsible, callous, and selfish while Joan is level headed, frank, and reasonable.
*FlowersOfRomance: John buys reconciliatory flowers for Joan to tell her that he’s willing to make their marriage work. [[spoiler: It’s all undone by the TheReveal, however.]]
*TheReveal: Joan tricked John into marrying her: Joan’s father pretended to be upset about their intimate relationship, forcing them to marry for propriety reasons. But, in reality, Joan was colluding with her dad to make John marry her.
*RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Exactly want Joan wants to reverse: she wants John to devote himself to his work and make something out of himself.
*SexyDiscretionShot: When Joan ends up at John’s apartment for “coffee” (yes, this excuse is as old as that), they share a cigarette and, well, they don’t show anything, but we know what happened.
*ShotgunWedding: The result of Joan’s father finding out about Joan and John’s very close relationship.
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Joan Colby (Harding) takes a rather cynical view towards love and marriage and is convinced that she can marry without the need of pesky love. She sets her eyes on John Fletcher (Powell) who’s wasted his chances at being something by just being another rich playboy. They have a nice little romance, but John is by no means interested in getting married. However, Joan falls in love hard and decides to trick her way into marriage.
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!!''Double Harness'' demonstrates the following tropes:
*AndNowYouMustMarryMe: A rare and different spin: Having found Joan and John in a compromising situation, Joan’s father forces John to marry her because of propriety reasons.
*AwfulWeddedLife: Right after marriage, things go sour for the Fletchers.
*AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Joan’s sister, Valerie, is horribly spoiled. She gets married and wastes her dowry money on just clothing. While married, she gets in with some loan sharks and racks up huge debts all because of clothing.
*TheCasanova: John is a rich playboy who is friendly to all the ladies.
*DeadpanSnarker: Joan's awfully witty and playfully teases John whenever she can.
*DeconfirmedBachelor: Once John marries Joan, but it gets a little tough for him…
*LadyKillerInLove: John with Joan in the beginning.
*FolishSisterResponsibleSister: Valerie is irresponsible, callous, and selfish while Joan is level headed, frank, and reasonable.
*FlowersOfRomance: John buys reconciliatory flowers for Joan to tell her that he’s willing to make their marriage work. [[spoiler: It’s all undone by the TheReveal, however.]]
*TheReveal: Joan tricked John into marrying her: Joan’s father pretended to be upset about their intimate relationship, forcing them to marry for propriety reasons. But, in reality, Joan was colluding with her dad to make John marry her.
*RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Exactly want Joan wants to reverse: she wants John to devote himself to his work and make something out of himself.
*SexyDiscretionShot: When Joan ends up at John’s apartment for “coffee” (yes, this excuse is as old as that), they share a cigarette and, well, they don’t show anything, but we know what happened.
*ShotgunWedding: The result of Joan’s father finding out about Joan and John’s very close relationship.
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