Model Wife

• Director: Leigh Jason
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Main Cast: Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Charlie Ruggles, Lee Bowman, Ruth Donnelly
• Release Year: 1941
• Country: US
• Run Time: 78 minutes

Plot

The real-life marriage between Dick Powell and Joan Blondell was already on the rocks when they costarred in Model Wife. The story is "Working Girl Plot No. 6": Blondell's employer frowns upon married women working. She's married to Powell. The marriage must remain secret. The boss has a "thing" for Blondell. So does every other man. Powell fumes. Complications. Movie ends happily. And that's Model Wife, the second and last of the Powell/Blondell vehicles of the 1940s (the other film was titled, significantly, I Want a Divorce). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Joan Blondell - Joan Keating Chambers
• Dick Powell - Fred Chambers
• Charlie Ruggles - Mr. Milo Everett
• Lee Bowman - Ralph Benson
• Ruth Donnelly - Mrs. Milo Everett

Billy Gilbert - Dominic; John Qualen - Janitor; Ferdinand Munier - Mr. Howard; Mary Kelly - Miss Kendall; Kathryn Adams - Salesgirl; Gloria Blondell - Gloria; Mary Carr - Servant; Virginia Carroll; George Chandler - Joe; Ray Cooke - Mailman; Frank Faylen - Master of Ceremonies; Lorraine Krueger; Vera Lewis - Mrs. Leahy; Sunni O'Dea - Fired Salesgirl; Henry Roquemore - Perry; Tom Seidel - Stage Door Johnnie; Charles Sherlock; Grace Stafford - Miss Manahan; Glen Turnbull; Lucile Watson - J.J. Benson; Dick Wessel - Laundry Man; Mervin Williams - Player; Dale Winter - Anna; Irene Colman - Miss Smith; Catherine Lewis - Salesgirl

Credit

Leigh Jason - Director, Arthur D. Hilton - Editor, Hans Salter - Composer (Music Score), Hans Salter - Musical Direction/Supervision, Norbert F. Brodin - Cinematographer, Leigh Jason - Producer, Grant Garrett - Screenwriter, Horace Jackson - Screenwriter, Charles S. Kaufman - Screenwriter