| Father Takes a Wife | |
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| Directed by | Jack Hively |
| Screenplay by | Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields |
| Produced by | Lee Marcus |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Music by | Roy Webb Gene Rose |
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Running time | 79 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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).
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]
The film lost $104,000 at the box office.[3]