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Father Takes a Wife
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Father Takes a Wife
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| director = Jack Hively
| producer = Lee Marcus
| screenplay = Dorothy Fields
Herbert Fields
| starring = Adolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
| music = Roy Webb
Gene Rose
| cinematography = Robert De Grasse
| editing = George Hively
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 79 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'Father Takes a Wife' is a 1941 American comedy film starring Gloria Swanson and Adolphe Menjou. 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).
Plot
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.
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
External list
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033592/ 'Father Takes a Wife'] at IMDb
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Category:1941 films
Category:1941 comedy films
Category:American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:RKO Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Jack Hively
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:1940s American films
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