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My Wife's Family
Directed byWalter C. Mycroft
Written by
Based onMy Wife's Family by Fred Duprez (story by Harry B. Linton and Hal Stephens)
Produced byWalter C. Mycroft
Starring
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Music byCharles Williams
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Pictures International (UK)
Release date
  • July 1941 (1941-07)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

My Wife's Family is a 1941 British domestic comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Charles Clapham, John Warwick, David Tomlinson and Patricia Roc.[1]

The film is notable as one of five film versions based on the popular stage farce of the same name by Fred Duprez. There was a previous British version in 1931;[2] a Swedish version Mother-in-Law's Coming, in 1932;[3] a 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee;[4] and a British remake in 1956.[5]

Plot

A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time.[6]

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "every old joke you never wanted to hear repeated is packed into this dusty, but still mildly amusing comedy."[7] Allmovie gave the film two out of five stars, and referred to the film as an "old-joke-filled farce."[5]

References

  1. ^ BFI
  2. ^ "My Wife's Family (1931)". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
  3. ^ sv:Svärmor kommer
  4. ^ "VOI MEITÄ! ANOPPI TULEE (1933) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  5. ^ a b "My Wife's Family (1941) - Walter Mycroft - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  6. ^ "My Wife's Family (1941)". Samuel French Limited. 10 Mar 2001. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  7. ^ "My Wife's Family Review". T.V. Guide. Retrieved 2014-06-25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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