Father Takes a Wife

Father Takes a Wife
Directed byJack Hively
Screenplay byDorothy Fields
Herbert Fields
Produced byLee Marcus
StarringAdolphe Menjou
Gloria Swanson
John Howard
CinematographyRobert De Grasse
Edited byGeorge Hively
Music byRoy Webb
Gene Rose
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • October 3, 1941 (1941-10-03) (U.S.)[1]
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

  1. ^ "Father Takes a Wife: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Booker p.492