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Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. It follows the misadventures of a wacky wife and her sometimes exasperated, but loving, banker husband. The film's screenplay was adapted by the husband-and-wife writing team of Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, from the novel Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage by Isabel Scott Rorick. This novel would later be a source for the related 1948 radio series My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball, which itself would evolve into the television series I Love Lucy.
A one-hour Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film, featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen, aired February 15, 1943 on CBS Radio.
Original Release
06/15/1942
US Release
06/15/1942
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ray Milland | George Cugat |
Betty Field | Mary Elizabeth Cugat |
Patricia Morison | Myra Ponsonby |
Eugene Pallette | Bunker |
Charles Dingle | Duncan Atterbury |
Leif Erickson | Bill Stone |
Elisabeth Risdon | Mrs. Westwood |
Richard Haydn | Chuck |
Kathleen Lockhart | Laura Atterbury |
Phillip Terry | Cory Cortwright |
Directors
Writers
Frank Davis, Isabel Scott Rorick, Tess Slesinger
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ray Milland | George Cugat |
Betty Field | Mary Elizabeth Cugat |
Patricia Morison | Myra Ponsonby |
Eugene Pallette | Bunker |
Charles Dingle | Duncan Atterbury |
Leif Erickson | Bill Stone |
Elisabeth Risdon | Mrs. Westwood |
Richard Haydn | Chuck |
Kathleen Lockhart | Laura Atterbury |
Phillip Terry | Cory Cortwright |
Cecil Kellaway | Dr. Buell |
Anne Revere | Anna |
Charles Lane | Mr. Brooks |
Charlotte Wynters | Mrs. Finley |
Clinton Rosemond | Enos |
Olive Blakeney | Miss Bumstead |
Cecil Cunningham | Miss Jenkins |
Bobby Barker | Bit |
Nanette Bordeaux | Yvonne |
James Burke | Tough Mugg |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Fred Kohlmar | Producer |