Come Live with Me is a 1941 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr and Ian Hunter.
[2] Based on a story by Virginia Van Upp, the film is about a beautiful Viennese refugee seeking United States citizenship who arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Johnny Jones, a native of Vienna, Austria who escaped after its annexation by Nazi Germany, is having an affair with the married Barton Kendrick, a publisher.
Two months later, Smith is writing a fictional book based on the odd circumstances of his marriage and becomes curious about Jones, considering he only sees her once a week when she gives him a check.
Flush with sudden unexpected wealth from the book's advance, Smith rents a new car and coerces Jones to go on a trip with him before he will agree to sign the divorce papers.