Meet the Wife is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Laura La Plante, Lew Cody and Joan Marsh.[1] It is based on the 1923 Broadway play of the same title by Lynn Starling. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles A. Cadwallader.

Meet the Wife
Directed byLeslie Pearce
Written byF. McGrew Willis
Walter DeLeon
Based onMeet the Wife
by Lynn Starling
Produced byAl Christie
StarringLaura La Plante
Lew Cody
Joan Marsh
CinematographyPaul Kerschner
Charles Van Enger
Edited byJohn English
Production
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Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 17, 1931 (1931-04-17)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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A woman's supposedly dead first husband turns up, much to the consternation of her second husband. Meanwhile, her younger sister attempts to carry on two romances with a newspaper reporter and a wealthy Englishman.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Walker p.575

Bibliography

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  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
  • Walker, Brent E. Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland, 2013.
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