John M. Stahl's "Holy Matrimony" isn't much of a movie but it's a great vehicle for its stars, Monty Woolley and Gracie Fields. Based on Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive" it's a comedy of mistaken identity. When his butler dies, painter Woolley allows everyone to think that it was he who died and when the butler is buried in Westminster Abbey Woolley assumes his identity and later marries the widow, (a splendid Fields), the butler was courting by correspondence. It's very funny in its daft way and is splendidly cast throughout. Nunnally Johnson was the producer and wrote the screenplay and does a very good job on both accounts. Minor it may be but it's very likeable.
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