There is a great exchange in this movie that shows it comes from the forties:
Barton Kendrick: Well where should we go? Johnny Jones: Oh I don't care. Just so there are people and music and we can be gay.
Oh, how it would be nice to go to such a place in a time when we could all be gay. But, things didn't work out as La migra comes knocking on the door and wants to throw poor Johnny (Hedy Lamarr) out of the country because her Visa expires. Are they crazy?
So, what to do. She and Barton (Ian Hunter) are in love, and he wants to leave his wife for her. The immigration officer feels sorry for her (Call Lou Dobbs!) and gives her a week to find an American husband.
Enter Jimmy Stewart, a failed writer that is literally down to his last dime. She finances his novel and they get married, but Stewart is not happy to leave it that way, so he plans a trip home to Granny's house to make a final pitch.
It was a little silly at times. The wronged wife was even willing to let her man go if Hedy really loved him. But, it was sweet and romantic and funny, too.
Barton Kendrick: Well where should we go? Johnny Jones: Oh I don't care. Just so there are people and music and we can be gay.
Oh, how it would be nice to go to such a place in a time when we could all be gay. But, things didn't work out as La migra comes knocking on the door and wants to throw poor Johnny (Hedy Lamarr) out of the country because her Visa expires. Are they crazy?
So, what to do. She and Barton (Ian Hunter) are in love, and he wants to leave his wife for her. The immigration officer feels sorry for her (Call Lou Dobbs!) and gives her a week to find an American husband.
Enter Jimmy Stewart, a failed writer that is literally down to his last dime. She finances his novel and they get married, but Stewart is not happy to leave it that way, so he plans a trip home to Granny's house to make a final pitch.
It was a little silly at times. The wronged wife was even willing to let her man go if Hedy really loved him. But, it was sweet and romantic and funny, too.