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''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford'' (1936) is a RomanticComedy/mystery film, mimicking the success of the ''Thin Man'' series. It stars Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/JeanArthur.
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''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford'' (1936) is a RomanticComedy/mystery film, an American RomanticComedy[=/=]mystery film directed by Stephen Roberts, mimicking the success of the ''Thin Man'' ''[[Film/TheThinMan Thin Man]]'' series. It stars Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/JeanArthur.
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Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) divorced mystery author Paula (Arthur) for dragging him along on real life murder-mystery plots that put him in danger. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails on the basis of late alimony pay and forces him to help her investigate the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
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Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) divorced mystery author Paula (Arthur) for dragging him along on real life murder-mystery plots that put him in danger. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage [[DivorceIsTemporary contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails on the basis of late alimony pay and forces him to help her investigate the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
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Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) divorced Paula (Arthur) for dragging him along murder-mystery plots that put him in danger. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails on the basis of late alimony pay and forces him to help her investigate the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
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Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) divorced mystery author Paula (Arthur) for dragging him along on real life murder-mystery plots that put him in danger. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails on the basis of late alimony pay and forces him to help her investigate the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
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* ArcWords: "HOLD HIM, BRAD, I'LL CLUNK HIM!" (She invariably ends up clunking Brad.)
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* TheDitz: Paula.Paula, at least at first appearance.
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* OnlySaneMan: Brad is the only sane man in the room.
* PoliceAreUseless: They aren’t any help at all.
* PoliceAreUseless: They aren’t any help at all.
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* OnlySaneMan: Brad is the only sane man in the room.
person whenever Paula is around.
* PoliceAreUseless: They aren’t any help atall.all as usual.
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* ShowWithinAShow: In his SummationGathering, Brad plays a film of when he secretly taped the suspects when they weren’t looking.
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* ShowWithinAShow: In his SummationGathering, Brad plays a film of when he secretly taped the suspects when they weren’t looking.at the races.
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Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) has divorced Paula (Arthur) for always dragging him along her crime-solving ways. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails him because of his late alimony pay and forces him to help her find out about the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
Turns out, Paula was right. It was murder, but there’s a convoluted web of lies that Brad must get through to solve the mystery.
Turns out, Paula was right. It was murder, but there’s a convoluted web of lies that Brad must get through to solve the mystery.
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Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) has divorced Paula (Arthur) for always dragging him along her crime-solving ways. murder-mystery plots that put him in danger. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails him because on the basis of his late alimony pay and forces him to help her find out about investigate the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
Turns out, It turns out that Paula was right. It was murder, but there’s and Brad's seriously involved since the police think he's the prime suspect. There’s a convoluted web of lies that Brad must get through to solve the mystery.mystery and fall back into the arms of Paula, much to his chagrin.
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* IdleRich: Although Paula does write her mystery novels, it seems that she only does it to
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* IdleRich: Although Paula does write her mystery novels, it seems that she only does it to ward off boredom.
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''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)'' is a RomanticComedy/mystery film, mimicking the success of the ''Thin Man'' series. It stars Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/JeanArthur.
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''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)'' Bradford'' (1936) is a RomanticComedy/mystery film, mimicking the success of the ''Thin Man'' series. It stars Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/JeanArthur.
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* MysteryMagnet: Paula.Paula's addicted to finding fresh new crimes to write about.
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''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)'' is a RomanticComedy/mystery film, mimicking the success of the ''Thin Man'' series. It stars Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/JeanArthur.
Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) has divorced Paula (Arthur) for always dragging him along her crime-solving ways. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails him because of his late alimony pay and forces him to help her find out about the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
Turns out, Paula was right. It was murder, but there’s a convoluted web of lies that Brad must get through to solve the mystery.
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!!Tropes:
*AlwaysMurder: Almost everyone gets killed if they try to solve this case.
*AmateurSleuth: Paula, and by extension, Brad, since she drags him along.
*ClearMyName: The body of Mike North shows up at Brad’s door just as the police inspector comes in, making Brad suspect number one. He now has to solve the mystery in order to clear his name.
*ComedyOfRemarriage
*TheCorpseStopsHere: It practically falls on Brad, and it makes him the prime suspect in the case.
*DeadpanSnarker: Both Brad and Paula have their moments.
*TheDitz: Paula.
*{{Fainting}}: The butler does a Girly Man Faint when he’s taken along to the mortuary.
*IdleRich: Although Paula does write her mystery novels, it seems that she only does it to
*MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The death of the jockey was thought to be a heart attack. Brad finds a strange gelatin on his body, thinking nothing of it at first. However, [[spoiler: the killer put a black widow spider in a gelatin capsule, and secretly put it on the jockey. As the jockey rode and sweated, the capsule melted, making the spider bite him, causing his death.]]
*MysteryMagnet: Paula.
*MysteryWriterDetective: Paula sniffs out the suspicious crimes and gets her ex-husband to solve them.
*NeverOneMurder: They just keep piling up as Brad gets closer to finding out the killer.
*OnlySaneMan: Brad is the only sane man in the room.
*PoliceAreUseless: They aren’t any help at all.
*PrettyInMink: Paula is never without her furs.
*RomComJob: Paula's obsessive novel writing.
*SexyBacklessOutfit: Paula wears a beautiful black and white bias-cut gown.
*ShowWithinAShow: In his SummationGathering, Brad plays a film of when he secretly taped the suspects when they weren’t looking.
*SummationGathering: Brad gets all the suspects in a room to watch his film about who he thinks committed the murder.
*TheWatson: Paula to Brad’s Holmes.
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[[caption-width-right:350:He just can't get rid of her!]]
''The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)'' is a RomanticComedy/mystery film, mimicking the success of the ''Thin Man'' series. It stars Creator/WilliamPowell and Creator/JeanArthur.
Dr. Lawrence “Brad” Bradford (Powell) has divorced Paula (Arthur) for always dragging him along her crime-solving ways. But Paula has [[ComedyOfRemarriage contrived a new way to get Brad back in her life]]; she blackmails him because of his late alimony pay and forces him to help her find out about the suspicious death of a popular jockey.
Turns out, Paula was right. It was murder, but there’s a convoluted web of lies that Brad must get through to solve the mystery.
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!!Tropes:
*AlwaysMurder: Almost everyone gets killed if they try to solve this case.
*AmateurSleuth: Paula, and by extension, Brad, since she drags him along.
*ClearMyName: The body of Mike North shows up at Brad’s door just as the police inspector comes in, making Brad suspect number one. He now has to solve the mystery in order to clear his name.
*ComedyOfRemarriage
*TheCorpseStopsHere: It practically falls on Brad, and it makes him the prime suspect in the case.
*DeadpanSnarker: Both Brad and Paula have their moments.
*TheDitz: Paula.
*{{Fainting}}: The butler does a Girly Man Faint when he’s taken along to the mortuary.
*IdleRich: Although Paula does write her mystery novels, it seems that she only does it to
*MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The death of the jockey was thought to be a heart attack. Brad finds a strange gelatin on his body, thinking nothing of it at first. However, [[spoiler: the killer put a black widow spider in a gelatin capsule, and secretly put it on the jockey. As the jockey rode and sweated, the capsule melted, making the spider bite him, causing his death.]]
*MysteryMagnet: Paula.
*MysteryWriterDetective: Paula sniffs out the suspicious crimes and gets her ex-husband to solve them.
*NeverOneMurder: They just keep piling up as Brad gets closer to finding out the killer.
*OnlySaneMan: Brad is the only sane man in the room.
*PoliceAreUseless: They aren’t any help at all.
*PrettyInMink: Paula is never without her furs.
*RomComJob: Paula's obsessive novel writing.
*SexyBacklessOutfit: Paula wears a beautiful black and white bias-cut gown.
*ShowWithinAShow: In his SummationGathering, Brad plays a film of when he secretly taped the suspects when they weren’t looking.
*SummationGathering: Brad gets all the suspects in a room to watch his film about who he thinks committed the murder.
*TheWatson: Paula to Brad’s Holmes.
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