Fired Wife

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Fired Wife
Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Michael Fessier
Ernest Pagano
Based onoriginal story by Hagar Wilde
Produced by Universal Pictures
Starring Diana Barrymore
Robert Paige
Louise Allbritton
Cinematography Paul Ivano
Edited by Paul Landres
Music by Frank Skinner
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • September 3, 1943 (1943-09-03)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Fired Wife is a 1943 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Robert Paige, Diana Barrymore and Louise Allbritton. [1] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. This was one of the final films in Barrymore's short-lived Universal contract.

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