Father Takes a Wife | |
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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 | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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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]
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]
The film lost $104,000 at the box office.[4]