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Calling All Husbands (1940)

Calling All Husbands poster
Directed by
Noel M. Smith
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 1940 comedy about a man whose wife and mother-in-law make his home life difficult. He tries to stand up for himself and reclaim some peace.

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What happens

Calling All Husbands is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Robert E. Kent and based on Martin Flavin's 1929 play "Broken Dishes". The film stars George Tobias, Lucile Fairbanks, Ernest Truex, George Reeves, Florence Bates and Charles Halton. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 7, 1940. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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