The Wife's Family (1931)
- Original title
- My Wife's Family
- Directed by
- Monty Banks
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man deals with the chaotic arrival of his mother-in-law. The film is a comedy based on a stage farce about family meddling and misunderstandings.
lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedsillyfarcicalcheerfulnostalgic
What happens
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. It was based on the popular stage farce by Fred Duprez. The play was subsequently filmed a further four times: in a Swedish version Mother-in-Law's Coming, in 1932; a 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee; and British remakes in 1941 and 1956. 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!" "An inside comedy of the in-laws-the in-bads and all but ingratitude!" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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