Guest Wife

  • Comedy
  • Romance
7/27/1945
90

HE BORROWS HER...HE LENDES HER!

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.

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  • Geronimo1967

    I can tell more about a woman by looking at her feet than by looking at her face. Luckily Mary (Claudette Colbert) doesnt wear Wellington boots in this sometimes rather confusing comedy. She is happily married to docile bank manager Chris (Dick Foran) who, in turn, just happens to be best pal with writer Joe (Don Ameche). This latter chap has a problem. He has won an award - and an $1,000 honorarium, but he needs to acquire a wife in an hurry. Who better than Mary? Shes none too keen on Joe nor on this wacky idea, but for  the sake of a peaceable life she agrees. Imagine the confusion that causes at home when his boss sees his wife in the newspapers married to an altogether different man! Tongues will wag and there might even be a run on th...

    July 23, 2025

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