Father Takes a Wife
{{short description|1941 film by Jack Hively}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Father Takes a Wife
| image =File:Father Takes a Wife.jpg
| caption =
| director = Jack Hively
| producer = Lee Marcus
| screenplay = Dorothy Fields
Herbert Fields
| starring = Adolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
John Howard
| music = Roy Webb
Gene Rose
| cinematography = Robert De Grasse
| editing = George Hively
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1941|10|3|U.S.|ref1={{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26693 | title=Father Takes a Wife: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 14, 2014}}}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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).Booker p.492
Synopsis
Senior (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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/father-takes-a-wife-v91124 | title=Father Takes a Wife (1941) - Jack Hively | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie }}
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
- Jack Briggs as Joe, Senior's Driver (uncredited)
Reception
The film lost $104,000 at the box office.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p163
References
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Bibliography
- Booker, Keith M. Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
External list
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033592/ Father Takes a Wife] at IMDb
- {{TCMDb title|id=74662}}
- {{AFI film|id=26693|title=Father Takes a Wife}}
{{Jack Hively}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Jack Hively
Category:1940s English-language films
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