| Are Husbands Necessary? | |
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| Directed by | Norman Taurog |
| Written by | Tess Slesinger Frank Davis |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Starring | Ray Milland Betty Field Patricia Morison |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
| Music by | Robert Emmett Dolan |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $552,000. [1] |
| Box office | $1,050,000 (US rentals) [2] |
Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. [3] It follows the misadventures of a wacky wife and her sometimes exasperated, but loving, banker husband. The film's screenplay was adapted by the husband-and-wife writing team of Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, from the novel Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage by Isabel Scott Rorick. This novel would later be a source for the related 1948 radio series My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball, which itself would evolve into the television series I Love Lucy .
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A one-hour Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film, featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen, aired February 15, 1943, on CBS Radio. [4]
