Two White Arms
Two White Arms, also known as Wives Beware, is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Adolphe Menjou, Margaret Bannerman and Claud Allister.[1] It is adapted from a play by Harold Dearden.
| Two White Arms | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fred Niblo |
| Produced by | Eric Hakim |
| Written by | Harold Dearden |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Margaret Bannerman Claud Allister |
| Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard Henry Harris |
| Edited by | Helen Thomas Lars Moen |
Production company | Eric Hakim Productions |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | March 1932 |
Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Produced by Eric Hakim Productions and backed by MGM, the film was produced at Wembley Studios.[2] It was Bannerman's first 'talkie'.[3]
Premise
A man tires of married life and feigns the loss of his memory so he can pursue other women.
Cast
- Adolphe Menjou as Major Carey Liston
- Margaret Bannerman as Lydie Charrington
- Claud Allister as Doctor Biggash
- Jane Baxter as Alison Drury
- Kenneth Kove as Bob Russell
- Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Ellerslie
- René Ray as Trixie
- Jean Cadell as Mrs Drury
- Henry Wenman as Mears
- Spencer Trevor as Sir George
- Melville Cooper as Mack
Trivia
On 6 June 1933, Wives Beware was shown at the Camden Drive-In Theater in Pennsauken, New Jersey, making it the first film shown at a fully dedicated drive-in theater.[4]
gollark: Imagine ever making mistakes in any circumstance.
gollark: (accidentally)
gollark: Yes, memory leaks are considered safe (but are at least very hard to invoke).
gollark: .
gollark: But Rust can do that too with Box.leak or whatever it is,
References
- Two White Arms (1932). BFI. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- "Angleterre". Ciné Magazine (in French), Vol. 12 No. 1, January 1932, p. 61a.
- "The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, (P. 13c)". 2 December 1931. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- "CinemaTreasures.org: Camden Drive-In". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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