Her Husband's Affairs

Her Husband's Affairs
Her Husband's Affairs
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. Sylvan Simon
Screenplay by	Ben Hecht; Charles Lederer;
Produced by	Raphael Hakim
Starring	Lucille Ball; Franchot Tone; Edward Everett Horton; Mikhail Rasumny; Gene Lockhart;
Cinematography	Charles Lawton Jr.
Edited by	Al Clark
Music by	George Duning
Production; company	Cornell Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 12, 1947 (United States);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million

Her Husband's Affairs is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone and Edward Everett Horton.^[2] It was released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Harebrained schemes keep interrupting the honeymoon plans of newlyweds Bill and Margaret Weldon. The schemes are his: Bill constantly backs an eccentric inventor who comes up with a magical hair-growing formula and one that turns flowers into stone. Circumstances conspire to make it appear that Bill has murdered the inventor, but in the courtroom he spends more time promoting his wild ideas than he does defending his life. Margaret's testimony saves her husband, after which he continues to demand that she quit meddling in his affairs.

Cast

Lucille Ball as Margaret Weldon
Franchot Tone as William Weldon
Edward Everett Horton as J.B. Cruikshank
Mikhail Rasumny as Prof. Emil Glinka
Gene Lockhart as Peter Winterbottom
Nana Bryant as Mrs. Winterbottom
Jonathan Hale as Gov. Fox
Paul Stanton as Dr. Frazee
Mabel Paige as Mrs. Josper

Reception

The snippet-review for Blockbuster reads, "Pleasant comedy owes screwy bounce to Ball."^[3]

References

^ "Stars Alone Not Enough: Those Who Failed to Hit". Variety. January 7, 1948. p. 62.
^ "Her Husband's Affairs'". TCM. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
^ Blockbuster Entertainment Guide to Movies and Videos (Mercer Island, WA: Island Books, 1998), 521. ISBN 9780440225980