Somerset maugham, features grable as a top singer and dancer whos been widowed by ww ii. We hope this website will become a resource for you to discover and enjoy some of these forgotten faces and films, just as audiences of the past did, and as we do today. Some films not yet named to the registry film registry. Too many husbands isnt a perfect comedy, but it has some memorable moments and is worth seeing if youre a fan of jean arthur or romantic comedies of the 30s and 40s. When i found out that jean arthur, melvyn douglas and fred macmurray had worked in an adaptation of somerset maughams home and beauty or in its american and film title too many husbands comments about the play can be found here i was quite excited with the prospect of one day having the chance of seeing this. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. So if you voted for a film one year but it was not selected, that vote does not carry over to the next year. Each year, we begin the national film registry process anew and start from scratch. A 1940 romantic comedy movie starring jean arthur, fred macmurray, and melvyn douglas. This is cuter, more personal, with a very funny ending. This poster was to promote in south america in theaters, the 1940 comedy romance. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. A february 1940 news item in the hollywood reporter, a month before the films release, said columbia selected a jury of twelve female college students from ucla to help decide which of the two endings would be used. This idea, and variations on it, seemed to have an endless fascination for the makers of screwball comedies.
But when the first husband returns very much alive, it leaves his wife with one too many husbands and a tough choice to make in this classic screwball comedy. Hairraisings the word for northwest passage with spencer tracy, at capitol too many husbands opens at music hallyoung as you feel at palace. Too many husbands 1940 the house across the bay 1940. Too many husbands 1940 apparently, having too many husbands has long been considered a filmable dilemma. Subscribe to watch the best free full length movies. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Romantic comedy adapted from a somerset maugham play. Too many husbands 1940, a film based on the 1919 play, starring jean arthur, fred macmurray, and melvyn douglas. Somerset maugham, which was retitled too many husbands when it came to new york.
Robert bushnell ryan november 11, 1909 july 11, 1973 was an american actor who most often portrayed hardened cops and ruthless villains. Too many husbands cannot hold a candle to the cary grantirene dunne classic my favorite wife which for obvious reasons this film has often been compared to. Ryan acted for over three decades and received one nomination for an academy award for best supporting actor for his performance in crossfire 1947. A woman of many husbands full movie harley reynolds. In one, arthur decides to say with macmurray, in the other douglas. Films released in 2009 are now eligible for registry consideration.
The film stars jean arthur, fred macmurray and melvyn douglas, and is based on the 1919 play home and beauty by w. Sky murder 1940 the son of monte cristo 1940 son of the navy 1940 the stars look down 1940, uk strange cargo 1940 stranger on the third floor 1940 strike up the band 1940 that gang of mine 1940 they drive by night 1940 the thief of bagdad 1940, uk tin pan alley 1940 tom browns school days 1940 too many husbands 1940. Value of too many husbands original american one sheet. After a handful of vitaphone short subjects, treen was signed to a warner bros. Buy too many husbands movie posters from movie poster shop. Too many husbands spanish poster fred macmurray jean. This musical reworking of too many husbands 1940, adapted from a play by w.
Whether its a man and two women, or a woman and two men, the love triangle has been hollywoods bread and butter for decades. Too many husbands 1940 jean arthur and melvyn douglas in too many husbands 1940 melvyn. Somerset maugham, which in turn was loosely based on the narrative poem enoch arden by alfred, lord tennyson. My favorite wife 1940, a screwball comedy retelling with a gender flip and an adaptational alternate ending, starring irene dunne and cary grant. Find release information for too many husbands 1940 wesley ruggles on allmovie. Trained as a dancer, mary treen spent the late 20searly 30s as a leading lady in vaudeville, light opera, and musical comedy. Too many husbands released in the united kingdom as my two husbands is a 1940 romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappearyet another variation on the 1864 poem enoch arden by alfred, lord tennyson. It is impossible to spoil a great work of capitala art. The opening night cast included estelle winwood as vicky. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Too many husbands is a 1940 romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappearyet another variation on the 1864 poem enoch arden by alfred, lord tennyson. Somerset maugham, wesley ruggles 1940 film too many husbands is a variation of the garson kanin film of the very same year, my favorite wife. Too many husbands began life in 1919 as a play by w. Movie title from the film too many husbands 1940, directed by wesley ruggles, starring jean arthur, fred macmurray and melvyn douglas.
The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the walt disney films pinocchio and fantasia. Too many husbands jean arthur, fred macmurray, melvyn douglas 1940. After being deported from europe for troublemaking, impulsive heiress connie casey lucille ball enrolls in her fathers alma mater in stop gap, new mexico, to be near a british playwright on. Too many husbands movie posters from movie poster shop. Its all billy wilders fault, for casting him in two dramatic films, double indemnity and the apartment, where he plays scumbags. Too many husbands, made at columbia in 1940, makes use of the woman with two husbands idea. We kept waiting for this film to get better but it simply never did. Too many husbands is a 1940 romantic comedy film about a woman who loses her husband in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse. Too many husbands is now available on dvd in the icons of screwball comedy volume i. Directed by wesley ruggles starring jean arthur, fred macmurray and melvyn douglas. Too many husbands 1940 jean arthur and fred macmurray. It opened in london, england, uk on 30 august, 1919, with the title home and. In 1940 ruggles directed too many husbands, a romantic comedy with jean arthur, douglas, and macmurray. Too many husbands came out just a couple of months before another movie based on the same source materialmy favorite wife.
After the death of her husband, vicky lowndes arthur has married her husbands business associate, henry douglas. While the later film certainly is more adventuresome in its sexual innuendos see my year 2003 ruggles work still manages to hoodwink the dreaded hays code quite nicely by centering its focus on a confused woman unable to. American one sheet from the 1940 original release of the film with jean arthur, fred macmurray. Somerset maugham, who had basically taken over oscar wildes mantle as dramatic chronicler of the romantic misadventures of the british classes and who.
Gallery of 5 movie poster and cover images for too many husbands 1940. This poster is all original on kraft paper from columbia pictures. Arthur returned for the popular western arizona 1940, portraying a determined woman who heads west to start a cattle ranch. The play, too many husbands, opened in atlantic city, new jersey, usa on 4 august 1919 and moved to broadway in new york city, new york, usa on 8 october 1919, closing in january 1920 after 102 performances. Too many husbands this post reveals the ending of the classic film too many husbands. It pains me to say this but this one turns out to be a real dud. Too many husbands youtube viewing fred macmurray is best remembered as a comedic actor and a good guy, but i tend to think of him, in cinematic terms, as a bad guy. Turn on captions to see the film titles as the clips are shown.
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