Meet the Missus (1937 film)
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6.5/10 Letterboxd Genre Comedy Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Director Joseph Santley Music director Roy Webb Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 4, 1937 (1937-06-04) (US) Writer Jack Goodman (story), Bert Granet (screen play), Albert Rice (story), Joel Sayre (screen play), Jack Townley (screen play) Screenplay Joel Sayre, Jack Townley, Bert Granet Cast Victor Moore (Otis Foster), Helen Broderick (Emma Foster), Anne Shirley (Louise Foster), Alan Bruce (Steve Walton), Edward H. Robins (Gordon H. Cutting), Frank M. Thomas (Barney Lott)Similar movies She’s Funny That Way , There's Something About Mary , Arsenic and Old Lace , Bringing Up Baby , The Awful Truth , The Onion Movie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emma Foster (Helen Broderick) spends all her time entering contests and sweepstakes, much to the annoyance of her husband, Otis (Victor Moore). He ends up doing all the household chores but is too henpecked to say anything. When Emma finally wins a contest and is chosen to be an entrant in the Mrs. America competition, Otis must tag along and secretly do all the domestic tasks required of the contestants. But Otis may finally have been pushed too far.
Meet the Missus is a 1937 American domestic comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, using a screenplay by Jack Townley, Bert Granet, and Joel Sayre, based on an original story by Jack Goodman and Albert Rice. The movie was produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, and was initially released on June 4, 1937. The film stars Victor Moore and Helen Broderick (in the fifth of their six 1936–38 films) as well as Anne Shirley.
A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the Happy Noodle Company's Mrs. America Contest. Comedy.
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