| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Stephen Roberts |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Veiller |
| Story by | James Edward Grant |
| Produced by | Edward Kaufman (associate producer) |
| Starring | William Powell Jean Arthur James Gleason |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
| Music by | Roy Webb (musical director) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $369,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,084,000[1] |
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford is a 1936 American comedy mystery film. William Powell and Jean Arthur star as a divorced couple who investigate a murder at a racetrack. This was the last film directed by Stephen Roberts before his death from a heart attack.
The similarity between RKO's The Ex-Mrs. Bradford and M-G-M's The Thin Man (1934) was speculated about given the chances that RKO's film would eclipse After the Thin Man (1936), which was to be released later in the year, at the box office. Modern sources claim that the film was RKO's third most successful production of 1936.[2]
- ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".