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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
More like this
One Thrilling Night (1942)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Twin Beds (1942)
The Mad Martindales (1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
House of Errors (1942)
The Night Before the Divorce (1942)
Too Many Women (1942)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.