Let's Make It Legal is a 1951 comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox, directed by Richard Sale and produced by Robert Bassler from a screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond and F. Hugh Herbert, based on a story by Mortimer Braus entitled "My Mother-in-Law, Miriam". The music was by Cyril J. Mockridge and the cinematography by Lucien Ballard. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Barbara Bates, and Marilyn Monroe. Hugh and Miriam Halsworth are in the final stages of their divorce procedure. Miriam wants to separate because he's addicted to gambling - although he often... wins. She's living with her daughter Barbara , her son-in-law Jerry Denham and her little grandchild. Hugh, who's living next door to them, makes fuzz to the gardener about his rosebushes. Hugh is also Jerry's boss. They are society reporters, and have to follow Victor Macfarland , a self-made multimillionaire who's after a seat in the Senate. Twenty years ago Hugh and Victor were rivals for Miriam's hand.
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| Release date: | November 6, 1951 |
| Directed by: | Richard Sale |
| Runtime: | 77 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Bassler |
| Music by: | Lionel Newman, Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography: | Lucien Ballard |
| Screenplay by: | Hugh Herbert, William Inge |
| Adapted from: | My Mother-in-Law, Miriam |
| Genre: | Comedy |