3 Is a Family
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- Runtime
- 81 mins
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
Cast
- Marjorie Reynolds
- Charles Ruggles
- Fay Bainter
- Helen Broderick
- Arthur Lake
- Hattie McDaniel
- Jeff Donnell
- John Philliber
- Walter Catlett
- Clarence Kolb
- Elsa Janssen
- Renie Riano
- Warren Hymer
- Clyde Fillmore
- Christian Rub
- Cheryl Walker
- Christine Forsyth
- Ezelle Poule
Director
- Edward Ludwig
Producers
- Sol Lesser
Screenwriter
- Harry Chandlee
- Marjorie L. Pfaelzer
