Two White Arms
{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{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 =
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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
- Adolphe Menjou as Major Carey Liston
- Margaret Bannerman as Lydie Charrington
- Claud Allister as Doctor Biggash
- Jane Baxter as Alison Drury
- Kenneth Kove as Bob Russell
- Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Ellerslie
- René Ray as Trixie
- Jean Cadell as Mrs Drury
- Henry Wenman as Mears
- Spencer Trevor as Sir George
- Melville Cooper as Mack
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}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0023630}}
{{Fred Niblo}}
Category:Films directed by Fred Niblo
Category:Films shot at Wembley Studios
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
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