Week-End for Three
{{short description|1941 film by Irving Reis}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Week-End for Three
| image = Week-End for Three.poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Irving Reis
| producer = Tay Garnett
| writer = Dorothy Parker
Alan Campbell
| story = Budd Schulberg
| starring = Dennis O'Keefe
Jane Wyatt
Phillip Reed
Edward Everett Horton
| music = Roy Webb
| cinematography = Russell Metty
| editing = Desmond Marquette
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1941|12|12|U.S.|1941|10|23|Premiere-New York City|ref2={{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033224/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt | title=Weekend for Three | publisher=imdb.com | accessdate=April 14, 2014}}}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Week-End for Three is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Irving Reis and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Wyatt and Edward Everett Horton.Fetrow p.565 It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.
Synopsis
A young married couple plans a weekend away together, but is interrupted by the arrival of the brash Randy who knew them before they were married.
Cast
- Dennis O'Keefe as Jim Craig
- Jane Wyatt as Ellen
- Phillip Reed as Randy
- Edward Everett Horton as Stonebraker
- ZaSu Pitts as Anna
- Franklin Pangborn as Number Seven
- Marion Martin as Mrs. Weatherby
- Hans Conried as Desk Clerk
- Mady Lawrence as Miss Bailey
- Brooks Benedict as Old Field Inn Patron
- Jack Gargan as Old Field Inn Patron
- Russell Wade as Old Field Inn Patron
- Marie Windsor as Old Field Inn Patron
Reception
Radio adaptation
Week-End for Three was broadcast on the radio program Stars in the Air March 27, 1952. The 30-minute episode starred Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, and Harry von Zell.{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2458532/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 23, 1952|page=44|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 21, 2015}} {{Open access}}
References
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Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1304/week-end-for-three Weekend for Three] at TCMDB
- {{IMDb title|0034378}}
- {{AFI film|26981}}
{{Irving Reis}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:Films with screenplays by Dorothy Parker
Category:Films scored by Roy Webb
Category:Films directed by Irving Reis
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1940s English-language films
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