She takes her duties as mayor seriously, and after five years of faithful service, her father-in-law, Jonathan Crandall, begins to worry about her health and her social life since she spends most of her waking hours at the office.
Her life takes a curve when she meets the sculptor, who is very interested in this soulful young woman, whom he finds out has been married to a much older man.
A horde of newspaper photographers follow the police, and Anne gets her picture taken, half-naked, covering her face, claiming her name is P. Borat Sosa – a name she saw somewhere in George's studio.
Unfortunately, George turns up at the Crandall home, and charms both Diana and Jonathan, and they invite him to stay with them until the sculpture is finished.
Anne goes to New York to reconcile with George, but in the hall outside his door, she overhears him telling his model how he rigged the statue, and turns away.
Both actors had become close friends after performing and were eager to act in another film,[2] but the war effort had overshadowed their careers.
[4] In 1944, Harry Cohn discovered numerous viewer polls from cinephiles and women's clubs that revealed many missed Dunne and Boyer appearing onscreen together and began planning a new film for the pair with Columbia.
[5] A Woman's Privilege[6] was a screenplay considered for Jean Arthur, but the title was changed to "Together Again" to make purposeful parallels to audience desires.
[7] Dunne said in a promotional interview she was not present during retakes and that Together Again reminded her of Theodora Goes Wild, a screwball comedy she starred in also distributed by Columbia Pictures.
[8] "The Dunne-Boyer combination is a guarantee of deft handling of any such light humors as the picture offers," said New York World-Telegram.
[9] Variety wrote: "Miss Dunne and Boyer competently team in the top spots—she as the pursued and he as the pursuer in the love match.
[11] "In bringing Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer together again yesterday," said New York Times, "Columbia Pictures has fashioned a buoyant, featherweight entertainment that is eminently suited to its principals' talents[.]