Wives Under Suspicion

Wives Under Suspicion
	Theatrical release poster by Karoly Grosz[1]
Directed by	James Whale
Produced by	Edmund Grainger
Screenplay by	Myles Connolly
Based on	(suggested by a play Suspicion by); Ladislas Fodor
Starring	Warren William; Gail Patrick
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Charles Maynard
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 3, 1938 (United States);
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$205,000[2]

Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 American crime film based on a 1932 Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the film, The Kiss Before the Mirror. This version was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore. It released by Universal Pictures. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[3]

Plot

A district attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) realizes that his own wife (Gail Patrick) might be having an affair while he is prosecuting a cuckolded murderer.

Cast

Warren William as District Attorney Jim Stowell
Gail Patrick as Lucy Stowell
Constance Moore as Elizabeth
William Lundigan as Phil
Ralph Morgan as Professor Shaw MacAllen
Cecil Cunningham as "Sharpy"
Samuel S. Hinds as David Marrow
Milburn Stone as Eddie Kirk
Lillian Yarbo as Creola
Jonathan Hale as Dan Allison

Earlier version

Wives Under Suspicion is a remake of a film also directed by Whale, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). Ralph Morgan, brother of Frank Morgan, who plays the prosecutor in The Kiss Before the Mirror, appears in the remake.

References

Rebello, Stephen; Allen, Richard C. (1988). Reel Art: Great Posters from the Golden Age of the Silver Screen. New York: Abbeville Pres. p. 325. ISBN 0-89659-869-1.
Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116. ISBN 9780813158891.
Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.

External links

Wives Under Suspicion at IMDb
Wives Under Suspicion is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Wives Under Suspicion at AllMovie
Wives Under Suspicion at the TCM Movie Database
Wives Under Suspicion at the American Film Institute Catalog
Wives Under Suspicion on YouTube

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[1] Rebello, Stephen; Allen, Richard C. (1988). Reel Art: Great Posters from the Golden Age of the Silver Screen. New York: Abbeville Pres. p. 325. ISBN 0-89659-869-1.

[dick-2] Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116. ISBN 9780813158891.

[3] Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.