A newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.A newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.A newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Dick Foran
- Christopher Price
- (as Richard Foran)
Gertrude Astor
- Outraged Woman in Night Club
- (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
- Cocktail Waiter
- (uncredited)
James Burke
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
James Carlisle
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
Mary Currier
- Book Dealer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFilm was produced in part with financing from New Jersey bootlegger/gangster Abner "Longy" Zwillman who was a boyfriend of Jean Harlow.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hollywood Hist-o-Rama: Claudette Colbert (1962)
Featured review
Passable comedy, but it's hardly Midnight
Guest Wife (Sam Wood, 1945) reunites the stars of the brilliant romantic comedy Midnight, as happily married Claudette Colbert ends up spending an inordinate amount of time posing as the wife of her husband's best friend (Don Ameche) in a bid to save the guy's job. It's OK, but the comic situations are often more stressful than funny, and the usually reliable Ameche is both cartoonish and flat. Still, Colbert does her best with the material, while character comedians Charles Dingle and Grant Mitchell work wonders in their supporting parts. Dozens of familiar faces crop up in small roles, including Irving Bacon, Harry Hayden and Chester Clute, playing a town gossip accused of voyeurism. The climactic sight gag is the best joke in the film.
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- rick_7
- Apr 20, 2010
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- Sam Wood's Guest Wife
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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