Father Takes a Wife is a 1941 American comedy film starring Gloria Swanson and Adolphe Menjou. Silent screen queen Gloria Swanson returned to films after a seven-year absence. Eight years later, Swanson staged another comeback in the classic Sunset Boulevard (1950).

Plot

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Senior (Adolphe Menjou) is a middle-aged widowed shipping magnate, who falls in love with celebrated actress Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson) and marries her after a whirlwind courtship.[2]

Cast

• Adolphe Menjou as Fredrick Osborne Sr.
• Gloria Swanson as Leslie Collier
• John Howard as Fredrick Osborne Jr.
• Desi Arnaz as Carlos Bardez
• Helen Broderick as Aunt Julie
• Florence Rice as Enid Osborne
• Neil Hamilton as Vincent Stewart
• Grady Sutton as Tailor
• George Meader as Henderson
• Mary Treen as Secretary
• Ruth Dietrich as Miss Patterson
• Jack Briggs as Joe, Senior's Driver (uncredited)

Reception

The film lost $104,000 at the box office.[3]

References

External list

• Father Takes a Wife at IMDb
• Father Takes a Wife at AllMovie
• Father Takes a Wife at the TCM Movie Database
• Father Takes a Wife at the American Film Institute Catalog

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