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Father Takes a Wife (1941)
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3 October 1941 (USA)
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GAY..GOOFY..GAGA! (original print media ad - all caps) more
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Frederick Osborne, Junior is slightly agitated because his father, Senior, is acting more like a college...
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Mildly amusing comedy does not live up to its premise.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior |
 | Gloria Swanson | ... | Leslie Collier Osborne |
 | John Howard | ... | Frederic Osborne Junior |
 | Desi Arnaz | ... | Carlos Bardez |
 | Helen Broderick | ... | Aunt Julie |
| Florence Rice | ... | Enid Osborne |
| Neil Hamilton | ... | Vincent Stewart |
| Grady Sutton | ... | Tailor Fitter |
| George Meader | ... | Henderson (as George Meador) |
| Mary Treen | ... | Secretary (Credits) / Miss Patterson, Junior's Secretary |
| Ruth Dietrich | ... | Miss Patterson (Credits) / Junior's Second Secretary |
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79 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Sweden:Btl |
USA:Approved (PCA #7293)
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Continuity: Ruth Dietrich is billed onscreen as "Miss Patterson", but it is secretary 'Mary Treen' who is called by that name several times.
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Rock-a-Bye Baby
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This was a good idea for a deft comedy but the writers were not up to it. Swanson is great fun but underutilized as the movie star who marries a staid shipping magnate (Menjou) and whose glamorous lifestyle is not approved of by his dull children. Helen Broderick is amusing in the Ilka Chase-ish role of a romantically predatory older woman and Desi Arnaz is fine as the opportunistic singer who is taken under Swanson's wing. It all looks like it should sparkle and bubble, but it just sits there like flat ginger ale. Even Swanson's comic timing and marvelous personality can't save it. This is for Swanson fans only - others will be put to sleep.