''Married Bachelor'' is a 1941 American

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directed by

Edward Buzzell Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1895 – January 11, 1985) was an American film actor and director whose credits include ''Child of Manhattan (film), Child of Manhattan'' (1933); ''Honolulu (1939 film), Honolulu'' (1939); the Marx Brothers fil ...

and starring Robert Young,

Ruth Hussey Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie in '' The Philadelphia Story''. Early life Hussey was born in Providence, Rho ...

and

Felix Bressart Felix Bressart (March 2, 1895 – March 17, 1949) was a German-born actor of stage and screen whose career spanned both Europe and Hollywood. Early days Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Germany (now in N ...

.Milberg p.10 It was produced by

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studio

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with a screenplay written by future studio head

Dore Schary Isadore "Dore" Schary (August 31, 1905 – July 7, 1980) was an American playwright, director, and producer for the stage and a prolific screenwriter and producer of motion pictures. He directed one feature film, ''Act One (film), Act One'', th ...

Synopsis

In order to settle a gambling debt a happily married man agrees to pose as a

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and claim credit for new book about the playboy lifestyle which has in fact been written by an eccentric

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. He soon begins to get to wrapped up in his newfound role to the irritation of his wife, who is courted by the

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of the book who does not realize she is married.

Cast

* Robert Young as Randolph 'Randy' Haven *

as Norma Haven, aka Norma Winters *

as Prof. Ladislaus Milic *

Lee Bowman Lee Bowman (December 28, 1914 – December 25, 1979) was an American film and television actor. According to one obituary, "his roles ranged from romantic lead to worldly, wisecracking lout in his most famous years". Career Born in Cincinnati, ...

as Eric Santley *

Sheldon Leonard Sheldon Leonard Bershad (February 22, 1907 – January 11, 1997) was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. Early life Sheldon Leonard Bershad was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of middle-class ...

as Johnny Branigan *

Sam Levene Sam Levene (born Scholem Lewin; August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was an American Broadway theatre, Broadway, films, radio, and television actor and Television director, director. In a career spanning over five decades, he appeared in over ...

as Cookie Farrar *

Murray Alper Murray Alper (January 11, 1904 – November 16, 1984) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, films, and Broadway productions. Biography Born in New York City in 1904, Alper worked on Broadway from 1927 to 1940 in a nu ...

as Sleeper * Roy Gordon as Hudkins *

Hillary Brooke Hillary Brooke (born Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson; September 8, 1914 – May 25, 1999) was an American film actress. Career A 5′6″ blonde from the Astoria neighborhood of New York City's borough of Queens, Brooke, who was of Swedish an ...

as Hillary Gordon *

Gladys Blake Gladys Blake (born Gladys Timmons; May 12, 1910 – May 21, 1983) was an American character actress from the 1930s to the 1950s. Biography Blake was born on January 12, 1910, in Luray, Virginia. Her mother, Ada Timmons, died when Gladys was ...

as Marie *

Frances Carson Frances Carson (April 1, 1895 – October 20, 1973) was an American actress on stage and in films, including three Alfred Hitchcock films. Early life Carson was from Philadelphia, and started acting and modeling professionally in her teens. ...

as Mrs. Harriet Heflan *

Charlotte Wynters Charlotte Wynters (December 4, 1899 – January 7, 1991) was an American stage and film actress. Biography A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, Wynters appeared as a leading lady in a number of B pictures during the 1930s. During the 1922–2 ...

as Margaret Johns * Barbara Bedford as Juror at Radio Broadcast *

Inez Cooper Elizabeth Inez Cooper (March 1921 – December 1993) was an American actress, noted at the time for closely resembling actress Hedy Lamarr. Before her Hollywood career, Cooper worked in a department store, engaged in modeling jobs and traveled w ...

as Glove Customer

References

Bibliography

* Fetrow, Alan G. ''Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1994. * Milberg, Doris. ''The Art of the Screwball Comedy: Madcap Entertainment from the 1930s to Today''. McFarland, 2013.

External links

* * * {{Edward Buzzell 1941 films 1941 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Edward Buzzell Films scored by Lennie Hayton Films set in New York City Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1940s American films