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The Wife's Family
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Wikipedia article
'The Wife's Family' (also released as 'My Wife's Family') is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness. It was based on the popular stage farce by Fred Duprez. The play was subsequently filmed a further four times: in a Swedish version 'Mother-in-Law's Coming', in 1932;:sv:Svrmor kommer a 1933 Finnish film 'Voi meit! Anoppi tulee'; and British remakes in 1941 and 1956.
Poster taglines: '"His Mother-in-law wasn't born--she was quarried out of solid granite and could lick her weight in wildcats!"'
'"An inside comedy of the in-laws-the in-bads and all but ingratitude!"'
Premise
Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child.
Cast
*Jack Gay - Gene Gerrard
*Peggy Gay - Muriel Angelus
*Anabella Nagg - Amy Veness
*Noah Nagg - Charles Paton
*Ima Nagg - Dodo Watts
*Willy Nagg - Tom Helmore
*Doc Knott - Jimmy Godden
*Sally - Molly Lamont
*Dolly White - Ellen Pollock
*Baby - Geoffrey Frost
Critical reception
*Allmovie wrote, "the level of humor can be assessed by the fact that the hero's unbearable mother-in-law is named Arabella Nagg."
*Tasmania's 'The Advocate' wrote in 1931, "this big talkie has been described as "Britain's Cyclone of Merriment," and packed houses have greeted it everywhere. "My Wife's Family" can hardly be included in the category of "comedies." Perhaps "super-comedy" would be an applicable term to describe the film's side-splitting qualities, but better still it would be safe to say that "My Wife's Family" has more laughs than "Rookery Nook" and "The Middle Watch" put together."
References
Category:1931 films
Category:1931 comedy films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:British comedy films
Category:Films directed by Monty Banks
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:British films based on plays
Category:1930s British films
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