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Model Wife (film)

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Model Wife
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLeigh Jason
Screenplay byCharles Kaufman
Horace Jackson
Grant Garett
Story byLeigh Jason
Produced byLeigh Jason
StarringJoan Blondell
Dick Powell
Charlie Ruggles
Lee Bowman
Lucile Watson
Ruth Donnelly
Billy Gilbert
CinematographyNorbert Brodine
Edited byArthur Hilton
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 18, 1941 (1941-04-18)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Model Wife is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by Charles Kaufman, Horace Jackson and Grant Garett. The film stars Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Charlie Ruggles, Lee Bowman, Lucile Watson, Ruth Donnelly and Billy Gilbert. The film was released on April 18, 1941, by Universal Pictures.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

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Joan and Fred Chambers are a married couple, struggling financially, who both work at Bensons department store. Company policy forbids the employment of married people and so they both pretend to be single. Things take a complicated turn when the wastrel son of the owner gets Joan as his secretary and decides she would make the perfect wife for him.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Model Wife (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "Model Wife (1941) - Leigh Jason". AllMovie. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  3. ^ "Model Wife". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

Bibliography

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  • Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
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