Third Finger, Left Hand

Uninterested in an office romance, successful fashion journalist Margot Sherwood Merrick (Myrna Loy) goes to great lengths to conceal the fact that she's single. To ward off potential beaus, including painter Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas), she wears a fake wedding ring and tells everyone she already has a husband. When Jeff realizes that Margot doesn't have a spouse, he decides to make her pay for her deception by posing as her husband, leading to a comical rivalry and a surprising romance.