In Name Only is a 1939 romantic film starring Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, and Kay Francis, directed by John Cromwell.

Alec Walker (Cary Grant) puts up with a loveless marriage to Maida (Kay Francis), until he meets widow Julie Eden (Carole Lombard).

She is such a skillful liar that she has Alec's parents (Charles Coburn, Nella Walker) convinced that Julie is out to destroy the marriage.

[2] The film was praised by critics: Variety wrote, "In the steering of the story director John Cromwell has made every situation as believable as could be accomplished in order to sustain the dramatic undercurrent, strife and the beleaguered romance which has developed.

"Soap opera par excellence," wrote Frank Nugent in The New York Times, "blessed with a peerless cast.