Meet the Wife (film)
| Meet the Wife | |
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| Directed by | Leslie Pearce |
| Written by | F. McGrew Willis Walter DeLeon |
| Based on | Meet the Wife by Lynn Starling |
| Produced by | Al Christie |
| Starring | Laura La Plante Lew Cody Joan Marsh |
| Cinematography | Paul Kerschner Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | John English |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Meet the Wife is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Laura La Plante, Lew Cody and Joan Marsh.[1] It is based on the 1923 Broadway play of the same title by Lynn Starling. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles A. Cadwallader.
Plot
[edit]A woman's supposedly dead first husband turns up, much to the consternation of her second husband. Meanwhile, her younger sister attempts to carry on two romances with a newspaper reporter and a wealthy Englishman.
Cast
[edit]- Laura La Plante as Gertrude Lennox
- Lew Cody as Philip Lord
- Joan Marsh as Doris Bellamy
- William Janney as Gregory Brown
- Harry Myers as Harvey Lennox
- Claud Allister as Victor Staunton
- Aileen Carlyle as Alice
- Aggie Herring as Maggie
- Edgar Norton as Williams
References
[edit]- ^ Walker p.575
Bibliography
[edit]- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
- Walker, Brent E. Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland, 2013.
External links
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