Father Takes a Wife (1941)DVD VHS | Cast list | | Adolphe Menjou | as | Frederic 'Freddie' Osborne Senior | | Gloria Swanson | as | Leslie Collier Osborne | | John Howard | as | Frederic Osborne Junior | | Desi Arnaz | as | Carlos Bardez | | Helen Broderick | as | Aunt Julie | | Florence Rice | as | Enid Osborne | | Neil Hamilton | as | Actor Vincent Stewart | | Grady Sutton | as | Tailor Fitter | | George Meader | as | Henderson (as George Meador) | | Mary Treen | as | Secretary (Credits)/Miss Patterson, Junior's Secretary | | Ruth Dietrich | as | Miss Patterson (Credits)/Junior's Second Secretary |
| | Crew list: | | Jack Hively (Director) | | Dorothy Fields (Writer) | | Herbert Fields (Writer) |
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Review
Frederick Osborne, Junior (John Howard)is slightly agitated because his father, Senior (Adolphe Menjou), is acting more like a college student than the president of a huge merchantile fleet. Senior reveals that he is going to marry Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson), the famous stage star, and Junior and his wife Enid (Florence Rice) are horrified and expect the worse from the hot-tempered father and the volatile actress. They ahev been married only five minutes before they have a quarrel, and have to be carried out of the house to begin a sea-voyage honeymoon. Carlos (Desi Arnaz), a penniless stowaway with a high opinion of his singing ability, is invited to stay with Senior and his bride when they return to New York, the idea that sponsoring Carlos' career will give Leslie the limelight she promised to fore-go when she married Senior. The routine of arranging Carlos' debut disrupts the Osborne home and Senior goes home to the children. To save Senior's marriage, Junior and Enid invite Carlos to stay in their home. Junior too soon stalks out. Senior and Junior's solution to save their marriages is to finance Carlos' career in the farthest-away place they can find, and still effect a reconciliation with the wives. |
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