Are Husbands Necessary? (1942 film)
Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field.[3] It follows the misadventures of a wacky wife and her sometimes exasperated, but loving, banker husband. The film's screenplay was adapted by the husband-and-wife writing team of Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, from the novel Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage by Isabel Scott Rorick. This novel would later be a source for the related 1948 radio series My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball, which itself would evolve into the television series I Love Lucy.
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Directed by | Norman Taurog |
Written by | Tess Slesinger Frank Davis |
Starring | Ray Milland Betty Field |
Music by | Robert Emmett Dolan |
Cinematography | Charles Lang |
Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $552,000.[1] |
Box office | $1,050,000 (US rentals)[2] |
A one-hour Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film, featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen, aired February 15, 1943, on CBS Radio.[4]
Cast
- Ray Milland as George Cugat
- Betty Field as Mary Elizabeth Cugat
- Patricia Morison as Myra Ponsonby
- Eugene Pallette as Bunker
- Philip Terry as Cory Cartwright
- Richard Haydn as Chuck
- Charles Dingle as Duncan Atterbury
- Kathleen Lockhart as Laura Atterbury
- Leif Erickson as Bill Stone
- Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Buell
- Elizabeth Risdon as Mrs. Westwood
- Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. Finley
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References
- Michael A. Hoey, Elvis' Favorite Director: The Amazing 52-Film Career of Norman Taurog, Bear Manor Media 2013
- "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
- Crowther, Bosley (1942-07-09). "'Are Husbands Necessary?' With Betty Field and Ray Milland in the Lead, Makes Debut on Broadway at Paramount". New York Times. p. 17 (Amusements). Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- "Features Today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1943-02-15. p. 4 (Daily Magazine). Retrieved 2020-05-17.
External links
- Are Husbands Necessary? review at The New York Times
- Are Husbands Necessary? at IMDb
- Are Husbands Necessary? at TCMDB
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