Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wacky wife constantly creates chaos for her patient banker husband. They navigate a series of comic misunderstandings in their marriage.

lightheartedplayfulfast-pacedwhimsicalcharmingold-fashioned

What happens

Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. 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. A more direct TV adaptation of the radio series retained the title My Favorite Husband. A one-hour Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film, featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen, aired February 15, 1943, on CBS Radio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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