As Husbands Go
{{short description|1934 film directed by Hamilton MacFadden}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = As Husbands Go
| image = File:As Husbands Go.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Hamilton MacFadden
| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
| screenplay = S. N. Behrman
Sonya Levien
| based_on = {{based on|As Husbands Go|Rachel Crothers}}
| starring = Warner Baxter
Helen Vinson
Warner Oland
Catherine Doucet
G. P. Huntley
Eleanor Lynn
| music =
| cinematography = Hal Mohr
| editing =
| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1934|1|27}}
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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As Husbands Go is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien. It is based on the 1931 play As Husbands Go by Rachel Crothers. The film stars Warner Baxter, Helen Vinson, Warner Oland, Catherine Doucet, G. P. Huntley, Frank O'Connor, and Eleanor Lynn. The film was released on January 27, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation.{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Mordaunt |date=1934-01-26 |title=Movie Review - - THE SCREEN; Warner Baxter and Helen Vinson in a Pictorial Version of Rachel Crothers's Play 'As Husbands Go.' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505E5D91E3DE23ABC4E51DFB766838F629EDE |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072512/https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9505E5D91E3DE23ABC4E51DFB766838F629EDE |archive-date=January 22, 2018}}{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/as-husbands-go-v84014 |title=As Husbands Go (1934) - Hamilton MacFadden |publisher=AllMovie |date= |access-date=2018-01-22}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/6011 |title=As Husbands Go |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |access-date=2018-01-25}}
Plot
Lucille Lingard and her friend Emmie bid farewell to their European friends on their last night in Paris. Lucille has fallen for the debonair Ronald Derbyshire and dreads returning to her mundane Midwestern hometown in Iowa and her stolid husband Charles. Back in America, Lucille plans to get a divorce and is delighted when Ronald show up. However, he and Charles unexpectedly become close friends, and Ronald admits that he does not find Lucille as attractive as he did in Paris. He leaves the next day and Lucille stays with her husband, won over once more to her family life.
==Cast==
- Warner Baxter as Charles Lingard
- Helen Vinson as Lucille Lingard
- Warner Oland as Hippolitus Lomi
- Catherine Doucet as Emmie Sykes
- G. P. Huntley as Ronald Derbyshire
- Frank O'Connor as Jake Canon
- Eleanor Lynn as Peggy Sykes
- Jay Ward as Wilbur
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0024841|As Husbands Go}}
{{Hamilton MacFadden}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:Films directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
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