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Lonely Wives is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Russell Mack released in USA on 22 february 1931 with Edward Everett Horton

Lonely Wives (1931)

Lonely Wives
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Released in USA 22 february 1931
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating61% 3.0936353.0936353.0936353.0936353.093635

Lonely Wives is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Russell Mack and produced by E.B. Derr for Pathé Exchange, and was distributed by RKO Pictures after the merger of the two studios; it starred Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The screenplay was written by Walter DeLeon, based upon a successful German Vaudeville act entitled Tanzanwaltz, penned by Pordes Milo, Walter Schütt, and Dr. Eric Urban. The German production had been translated for the American stage by DeLeon and Mark Swan and, under the same title as the film.

Synopsis

Richard "Dickie" Smith (Edward Everett Horton), is a seemingly respectable defense attorney by day, who turns into a philandering Don Juan when the clock strikes 8 o’clock. His wife, Madeline (Esther Ralston), has been away for several months, and is not expected back anytime soon. However, Madeline's mother, Mrs. Mantel (Maude Eburne) is staying with the Smiths, in an effort to curtail the possibility of any straying by Richard. Unbeknownst to her, he has made plans to go out on the town that night with his new, sultry secretary Kitty Minter (Patsy Ruth Miller), and his new sexy client, Diane O'Dare (Laura La Plante), who, a lonely wife herself, wishes to divorce her husband for neglect.

Actors

Edward Everett Horton

(Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero)
Esther Ralston

(Madeline Smith)
Laura La Plante

(Diane O'Dare)
Patsy Ruth Miller

(Kitty 'Minty' Minter)
Spencer Charters

(Andrews, the Butler)
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