Anatole France's The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife has been adapted into three different Hong Kong films in the 1950s alone. These two adaptations stray from the source material considerably in genre, characterisation and plot, turning a farce about married life into localised romantic comedies that emphasise family values. The Beauty and the Dumb follows the couple from their meet-cute to the misunderstandings they encounter before the inevitable happy ending. The heir of a bank (Huang He) falls in love at first sight with one of the employees' daughter (Li Lihua), but their burgeoning relationship is nearly derailed when the girl's father intervenes to help his dumb daughter land a rich husband.
Silk Stockings
1957
6.8/10
Roberta
1935
7.1/10
Let's Make Love
1960
6.4/10
Finding Mr. Right
2013
6.4/10
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
6.8/10
The Thrill of It All
1963
7.1/10
Dean
2016
5.8/10
State Fair
1945
6.6/10
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020
5.9/10
¿Quieres ser mi hijo?
2023
8.4/10
Thunderstruck
2012
6.1/10
Easy Virtue
2008
6.4/10
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
6.2/10
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
6.2/10
What's Love Got to Do with It?
2023
6.0/10
Splendor
1999
6.1/10
Players
2024
6.1/10
I Married an Anti-Fan
2016
6.1/10
French Girl
2024
6.2/10
Goodbye Mr. Loser
2015
7.1/10
Meu Sangue Ferve por Você
2024
5/10
