The Wife's Family
1931 British comedy film by Monty Banks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wife's Family (also released as My Wife's Family) is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness.[2] It was based on the popular stage farce by Fred Duprez.[3] The play was subsequently filmed a further four times: in a Swedish version Mother-in-Law's Coming, in 1932;[4] a 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee;[5] and British remakes in 1941 and 1956.[6] It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead.
The Wife's Family | |
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Directed by | Monty Banks |
Screenplay by | Fred Duprez Val Valentine |
Based on | My Wife's Family by Fred Duprez (from an original story by Harry B. Linton and Hal Stephens) |
Produced by | John Maxwell |
Starring | Gene Gerrard Muriel Angelus Amy Veness |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Edited by | A.C. Hammond |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date | 3 June 1931 (London) |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $67,000[1] |
Box office | $300,000 (est.)[1] |
Poster taglines: "His Mother-in-law wasn't born--she was quarried out of solid granite and could lick her weight in wildcats!"[7]
"An inside comedy of the in-laws-the in-bads and all but ingratitude!"[8]