Calling All Husbands | |
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Directed by | Noel M. Smith |
Screenplay by | Robert E. Kent |
Based on | Broken Dishes 1929 play by Martin Flavin |
Produced by | William Jacobs |
Starring | George Tobias Lucile Fairbanks Ernest Truex George Reeves Florence Bates Charles Halton |
Cinematography | Ted D. McCord |
Edited by | Frank Magee |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Calling All Husbands is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Robert E. Kent and based on Martin Flavin's 1929 play "Broken Dishes". The film stars George Tobias, Lucile Fairbanks, Ernest Truex, George Reeves, Florence Bates and Charles Halton. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 7, 1940. [1] [2]
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