Father Takes a Wife
| Father Takes a Wife | |
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| Directed by | Jack Hively |
| Screenplay by | Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields |
| Produced by | Lee Marcus |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Roy Webb Gene Rose |
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Running time | 79 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Father Takes a Wife is a 1941 American comedy film starring Gloria Swanson and Adolphe Menjou. It lost $104,000 at the box office.[2] Silent screen queen Gloria Swanson returned to films after a seven-year absence. Eight years later, Swanson staged another comeback in the classic Sunset Boulevard (1950).
Plot summary
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Senior (Adolphe Menjou) is as a middle-aged widowed shipping magnate, who falls in love with celebrated actress Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson) and marries her after a whirlwind courtship.[3]
Cast
- Adolphe Menjou as Fredrick Osborne Sr.
- Gloria Swanson as Leslie Collier
- John Howard as Fredrick Osborne Jr.
- Desi Arnaz as Carlos Bardez
- Helen Broderick as Aunt Julie
- Florence Rice as Enid Osborne
- Neil Hamilton as Vincent Stewart
- Grady Sutton as Tailor
- George Meader as Henderson
- Mary Treen as Secretary
- Ruth Dietrich as Miss Patterson
References
- ^ "Father Takes a Wife: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p163
- ^ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/father-takes-a-wife-v91124
External list
- Father Takes a Wife at IMDB
- Father Takes a Wife at AllMovie
- Father Takes a Wife at the TCM Movie Database
- Father Takes a Wife at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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