Father Takes a Wife

Father Takes a Wife
Directed by	Jack Hively
Screenplay by	Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields
Produced by	Lee Marcus
Starring	Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson John Howard
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse
Edited by	George Hively
Music by	Roy Webb Gene Rose
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	October 3, 1941 (1941-10-3)(U.S.) [1]
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Father Takes a Wife is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Jack Hively and starring Gloria Swanson, Adolphe Menjou and John Howard. 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). ^[2]

Synopsis

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. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

References

1. "Father Takes a Wife: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
2. Booker p.492
3. "Father Takes a Wife (1941) - Jack Hively | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
4. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p163

Bibliography

• Booker, Keith M. Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.

External list

• Father Takes a Wife at IMDb
• Father Takes a Wife at the TCM Movie Database
• Father Takes a Wife at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films