Two White Arms

{{short description|1932 film}}

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{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Two White Arms

| image =File:Two White Arms.jpg

| caption =

| director = Fred Niblo

| producer = Eric Hakim

| writer = Harold Dearden

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Adolphe Menjou|Margaret Bannerman|Claud Allister}}

| music =

| cinematography = {{ubl|Henry W. Gerrard|Henry Harris}}

| editing = {{ubl|Helen Thomas|Lars Moen}}

| studio = Eric Hakim Productions

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1932|03|}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Two White Arms, also known as Wives Beware, is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Adolphe Menjou, Margaret Bannerman and Claud Allister.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114020349/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/55747 Two White Arms (1932)]. BFI. Retrieved 29 February 2016. It is adapted from a play by Harold Dearden.

Produced by Eric Hakim Productions and backed by MGM, the film was produced at Wembley Studios.[http://www.cineressources.net/consultationPdf/web/o001/1117.pdf "Angleterre"]. Ciné Magazine (in French), Vol. 12 No. 1, January 1932, p. 61a. It was Bannerman's first 'talkie'.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19311202-1.2.82.4.aspx|title=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, (P. 13c)|date=2 December 1931|accessdate=5 May 2020}}

Premise

A man tires of married life and feigns the loss of his memory so he can pursue other women.

Cast

Trivia

On 6 June 1933, Wives Beware was shown at the Camden Drive-In Theater in Pennsauken, New Jersey, making it the first film shown at a fully dedicated drive-in theater.{{cite web|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8589|title=CinemaTreasures.org: Camden Drive-In|accessdate=22 January 2020}}

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