Consolation Marriage

Consolation Marriage is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane and written by Humphrey Pearson.

The film stars Irene Dunne, Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Myrna Loy, and Matt Moore.

In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman.

Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has also lost his childhood sweetheart, Elaine, who has married someone else.

Mary and Steve become friends and make a marriage of convenience based on a shared sense of whimsical humor as well as their mutual losses.