Father Takes a Wife is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Jack Hively and starring Gloria Swanson, Adolphe Menjou and John Howard. 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).[2]
| 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 John Howard |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Roy Webb Gene Rose |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
editSenior (Adolphe Menjou) is 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
edit- 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
- Jack Briggs as Joe, Senior's Driver (uncredited)
Reception
editThe film lost $104,000 at the box office.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Father Takes a Wife: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ^ Booker p.492
- ^ "Father Takes a Wife (1941) - Jack Hively | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p163
Bibliography
edit- Booker, Keith M. Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
External list
edit- 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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