This Thing Called Love (1940)
Genres: Romance, Comedy
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Binnie Barnes
This Thing Called Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell and Melvyn Douglas as newlyweds with an odd arrangement: the wife insists on not sleeping together for a trial period. It is the second film adaptation of the play of the same name by Edwin Burke: the 1929 version, which shares the same title, is believed to be lost.