An Ideal Husband (1947)
- Directed by
- Alexander Korda
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A respected politician risks scandal when a past secret is used to blackmail him. His wife and friends work to save his reputation and marriage.
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What happens
An Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 British comedy film adaptation of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. It was made by London Film Productions and distributed by British Lion Films (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA). It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Bíró from Wilde's play. The music score was by Arthur Benjamin, the cinematography by Georges Périnal, the editing by Oswald Hafenrichter and the costume design by Cecil Beaton. This was Korda's last completed film as a director, although he continued producing films into the next decade. The film stars Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C. Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns and Constance Collier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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