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Don't Tell the Wife is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne using a screenplay by Nat Perrin adapted from the play, Once Over Lightly, written by George Holland. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, and Lynne Overman, with Lucille Ball, William Demarest, and Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel in supporting roles.
Don't Tell the Wife: Directed by Christy Cabanne. With Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman, Thurston Hall. A seasoned con artist and his associates discover that their scheme to get rich by selling stock in a worthless gold mine is fraught with obstacles.
he wouldn’t want to ... he wouldn’t dare! Mrs Know-all saying I can trust him. Of course I can trust him. I don’t need her to tell me. I can trust him .... (raised voice to wedding photograph) or by heavens Bobby Willis ... I’ll know the reason why! (Exits to hall) (A few moments after the door has closed, Bobbie appears at the kitchen ...
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Sourced from a play called Once over Lightly, 1937's Don't Tell the Wife is a farce about city slickers, country bumpkins and a stock market swindle. Retired racketeer Steve Dorsey (Lynne Overman), can't resist re-teaming with his former gang to sell worthless gold mine shares.
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Thurston Hall, William Demarest, Guinn “Big Boy” Williams, and Lynne Overman are the conmen, and Una Merkel is Overman’s long-suffering but increasingly frustrated wife. She’s about to give up on her marriage until Kibbee wises up and sets things right.
