You Belong to Me (1941)
You Belong to Me is a light comedy starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. This is the last of the 3 movies that the pair made together. Barbara stars as Dr. Helen Hunt, a general practice doctor that meets Henry Fonda while on a ski vacation. While out on the sloops, the two collide when Fonda's character Peter Kirk over does it while trying to impress Helen and knocks himself unconscious. Helen being a Dr., struggles down the sloops to get her medical bag and help. From here the two enter a whirlwind courtship and end up married by the end of the weekend.
Most of the comedic tension comes from the fact that Peter is a millionaire and Helen is a self-supporting Doctor with a lot of male patients. Peter's jealousy gets him in a lot of trouble and a few funny situations. Helen decides that Peter would be much happier if instead of sitting around all day he should work for a living (even though he does not have to).
Henry is pretty good in this role, even though it is not his best. Barbara has been quoted as saying that this was not one of her personal favorites by a long shot. Maybe it is a little unbelievable, but I really enjoy both of them in this movie. It shows a different side of both of them. Their acting seems to be a little stripped down, revealing personal sides of both Fonda and Stanwyck. Maybe it was because both of them did not find the script believable, but in this movie, you get a feeling of what it would of been like to live with either of them.
All in all, You Belong to Me, is an entertaining little gem. It will not make any top ten lists, but it will put you on cloud 9 for an hour and a half if you are a big fan of either Stanwyck or Fonda.
This movie is not available on DVD or VHS, but Turner Classic Movies plays it from time to time. For more info goto:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034407/
or
http://www.TCM.com
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