| The Wife's Family | |
|---|---|
 Poster in British Movie Herald | |
| Directed by | Monty Banks |
| Screenplay by | Fred Duprez Val Valentine |
| Based on | My Wife's Family by Fred Duprez (from an original story by Harry B. Linton and Hal Stephens) |
| Produced by | John Maxwell |
| Starring | Gene Gerrard Muriel Angelus Amy Veness |
| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | A.C. Hammond |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $67,000[1] |
| Box office | $300,000 (est.)[1] |
The Wife's Family (also released as My Wife's Family) is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness.[2] It was based on the popular stage farce by Fred Duprez.[3] The play was subsequently filmed a further four times: in a Swedish version Mother-in-Law's Coming, in 1932;[4] a 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee;[5] and British remakes in 1941 and 1956.[6] It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead.
Poster taglines: "His Mother-in-law wasn't born--she was quarried out of solid granite and could lick her weight in wildcats!"[7]
"An inside comedy of the in-laws-the in-bads and all but ingratitude!"[8]
- ^ a b "Big Top Rental film cost $67,000 to Make". Variety. 9 April 1932. p. 11.
- ^ The Wife's Family at IMDb
- ^ DUPREZ, F.; LINTON, H.B.; STEPHENS, H. (1950). My Wife's Family. A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts. Written and Devised by F. Duprez from the Original Story by Hal Stephens and Harry B. Linton. London. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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- ^ "VOI MEITÄ! ANOPPI TULEE (1933) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "My Wife's Family (1941) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". allmovie.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ James Travers. "The Wife's Family - Monty Banks - film review". Frenchfilms.info. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "6p594 MY WIFE'S FAMILY 1sh '31 cool stone litho art of Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus!". Emovieposter.com. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2014.