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Wife, Husband and Friend is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Gregory Ratoff released in USA on 3 march 1939 with Loretta Young

Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Wife, Husband and Friend
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Released in USA 3 march 1939
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Rating61% 3.0969853.0969853.0969853.0969853.096985

Wife, Husband and Friend is a 1939 comedy film starring Loretta Young, Warner Baxter and Binnie Barnes in the three title roles, respectively. The film, directed by Gregory Ratoff from a script by Nunnally Johnson, tells the story of a contractor and his wife, and how their musical ambitions result in marital tensions and a romantic triangle with a professional singer. The film was remade as Everybody Does It (1949), starring Paul Douglas as the contractor, Celeste Holm as his wife, and Linda Darnell as the singer.

Synopsis

The opera season has opened in New York City, and building contractor Leonard Borland (Baxter), who comes from a working class background, is coping with the musical ambitions of his wife Doris (Young), who is from a socially prominent family. Despite his misgivings that she has no talent, she is being trained for a career in singing by the voice teacher Hugo (Cesar Romero). Doris prepares for a recital that Leonard supports, hoping that will get singing "out of her system." The performance is witnessed by opera singer Cecil Carver (Barnes), who is attracted to Leonard and believes that Doris lacks sufficient talent to become a pro. Cecil accidentally discovers that Leonard ironically does have a great operatic voice, and offers to train him.

Actors

Loretta Young

(Doris Borland)Warner Baxter

(Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett)Binnie Barnes

(Cecil Carver)Cesar Romero

(Hugo)J. Edward Bromberg

(Rossi)
And :
Eugene Pallette
George Barbier
Ruth Terry
Helen Westley
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