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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.
Original Release
02/25/1939
US Release
02/25/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Loretta Young | Doris Borland |
Warner Baxter | Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett |
Binnie Barnes | Cecil Carver |
Cesar Romero | Hugo |
George Barbier | Major Blair |
J. Edward Bromberg | Rossi |
Eugene Pallette | Mike Craig |
Helen Westley | Mrs. Blair |
Ruth Terry | Carol |
Alice Armand | Sally Bostwick |
Directors
Writers
James M. Cain, Nunnally Johnson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Loretta Young | Doris Borland |
Warner Baxter | Leonard Borland aka Logan Bennett |
Binnie Barnes | Cecil Carver |
Cesar Romero | Hugo |
George Barbier | Major Blair |
J. Edward Bromberg | Rossi |
Eugene Pallette | Mike Craig |
Helen Westley | Mrs. Blair |
Ruth Terry | Carol |
Alice Armand | Sally Bostwick |
Iva Stewart | Miss Carver's Secretary |
Dorothy Dearing | Mrs. Price |
Helen Ericson | Mrs. Spalding |
Kay Griffith | Nancy Sprague |
Harry Rosenthal | Bill Wilkins / Bill Wilkins - Pianist |
Edward Cooper | Butler |
Renie Riano | Mrs. Craig |
Lawrence Grant | Rudolph Hertz |
Charles Williams | Jaffee |
Howard Hickman | Concert Manager |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nunnally Johnson | Producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |