page_title: Marriage Is a Private Affair
section_title: Plot
hierarchical_section_title: Marriage Is a Private Affair / Plot
caption_attribution_description: English: Lana Turner and Frances Gifford in Marriage is a Private Affair
context_page_description: Marriage is a Private Affair is a 1944 war-comedy film.
context_section_description: During World War II Theo has many boyfriends from the officer's club in New York City, who want to marry her.  Her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times.  Without much thought, Theo accepts a proposal of marriage from Tom West, an Air Corps lieutenant, about to ship out, not knowing if he'll come back.  After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies, a defense contractor making lenses for bomber sights, and the War Industries Board furloughs Tom from shipping out with the United States Army Air Corps (predecessor to the United States Air Force), and orders him to take over the lens production operation. Theo has a baby, hates the idea of being matronly, and considers a return to being one of the party girls at the O club. One of Tom's business partners, Joe Murdock, is an alcoholic, constantly disappearing, which requires Tom to work to fill in for him with defense contracts, making bomber lenses for the war effort. Theo turns to her dashing old flame, Major Lancing. To decide what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must learn to grow up, and deal with the failings of those around her, and resist following their bad example.
caption: Turner and Gifford
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