Mama Loves Papa (1945 film)
Mama Loves Papa | |
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RKO Radio Pictures | |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (1945 theatrical) C&C Television Corp. |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mama Loves Papa is a 1945 American
Plot
Wilbur is a middle-class furniture store employee. His wife Jessie reads a book about how women can make their men more successful, and she decides to remake her husband to give him a new image. Now dressed-for-success by his wife, Wilbur reports for work in fancy clothes. Thinking he is dressed for a funeral, his boss, sends Wilbur home for the day. When Wilbur is wandering perplexed in a nearby park, he is mistaken for the park commissioner. Seeing it as an opportunity, McIntosh, a crooked politician who wishes to land a lucrative deal with the city to sell them new playground equipment, has the mayor appoint Wilbur as "playground commissioner". Later, when Wilbur is about to denounce McIntosh as a crook, McIntosh has his wife ply Wilbur with champagne. While Wilbur is tipsy, Jessie overhears a flirtatious and damning conversation between the two. Wilbur wakes up with a hangover and no pants, and he learns that, while intoxicated, he brought disgrace to himself, the town, and his wife. Wilbur eventually exposes the political corruption, and when his wife finally agrees to let him leave politics, everything turns out okay.
Cast
- Leon Errol as Wilbur Todd
- Elisabeth Risdon as Jessie Todd
- Edwin Maxwell as Kirkwood
- Emory Parnell as O'Leary
- Charles Halton as Appleby
- Paul Harvey as Mr. McIntosh
- Charlotte Wynters as Mrs. McIntosh
- Ruth Lee as Mabel
- Lawrence Tierney as Sharpe
- Additional characters
- Florence Auer as Madame Dalba
- Tom Chatterton as Speaker
- Charlie Hall as Bartender
- Tom McGuire as Chief of Police
- Jack Richardson as Gentleman
- Jason Robards Sr. as Playground Policeman
- Robert Middlemass as The Mayor
- Don Douglasas Secretary
- Max Wagner as City Official
- Frank O'Connor as City Official
Background
Critical reception
References
- ^ a b ""Mama Loves Papa" Homey Comedy Stars Leon Errol As Blunderer". Waycross Journal-Herald. January 31, 1946. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ a b Hal Erickson. "Mama Loves Papa (1945)". Rovi. Moviefone. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ Focus on film, Issues 1-12. Tantivy Press. 1970. p. 41.
- ^ a b F. Maurice Speed (1946). Film review. W.H. Allen. p. 126.
- ^ a b J.W. Alicoate (1946). The ... Film daily year book of motion pictures, Volume 28, Part 1946. J.W. Alicoate. p. 189.
- ^ a b "review: Mama Loves Papa". TV Guide. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
External links
- Mama Loves Papa at IMDb
- Mama Loves Papa at the TCM Movie Database