The Compulsory Wife
1937 film by Arthur B. Woods
- March 1937 (1937-03)
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The Compulsory Wife is a 1937 British comedy film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Henry Kendall and Joyce Kirby.
The film was a quota quickie production with a plot dealing with the farcical complications arising when a pair of strangers have to spend a night alone together in a country cottage when their hosts are detained in town. Overnight all their luggage is stolen by a burglar, leaving them with nothing but their nightclothes. Then the next morning their hosts and the other guests start arriving. It is now classed as a lost film.[1]
Cast
- Henry Kendall as Rupert Sinclair
- Joyce Kirby as Bobbie Carr
- George Merritt as Thackeray
- Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Thackeray
- Robert Hale as Craven
- Agnes Lauchlan as Mrs. Craven
References
- ^ Missing Believed Lost British Pictures Article Archive.
External links
- The Compulsory Wife at IMDb
- The Compulsory Wife at BFI Film & TV Database
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Films directed by Arthur B. Woods
- Timbuctoo (1933)
- On Secret Service (1933)
- Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
- Give Her a Ring (1934)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- Drake of England (1935)
- Once in a Million (1936)
- Rhythm in the Air (1936)
- Where's Sally? (1936)
- Irish for Luck (1936)
- Mayfair Melody (1937)
- The Windmill (1937)
- The Compulsory Wife (1937)
- Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
- You Live and Learn (1937)
- The Singing Cop (1938)
- The Dark Stairway (1938)
- Mr. Satan (1938)
- Thistledown (1938)
- Glamour Girl (1938)
- The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
- Dangerous Medicine (1938)
- They Drive by Night (1938)
- Q Planes (1939)
- The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
- Confidential Lady (1939)
- Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
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