Mama Loves Papa (1945 film)
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| Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
| Produced by | Benjamin Stoloff |
| Written by | Monte Brice |
| Screenplay by | Charles E. Roberts |
| Story by | Keene Thompson |
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Mama Loves Papa (1933 film) by Douglas MacLean |
| Starring |
Leon Errol Elisabeth Risdon Edwin Maxwell Emory Parnell |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
| Edited by | Edward W. Williams |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (1945 theatrical) C&C Television Corp. (1955 television) |
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60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mama Loves Papa is a 1945 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer, and written by Monte Brice, with a story by Keene Thompson and a screenplay by Charles E. Roberts, as a loose remake of the 1933 film of the same name written by Douglas MacLean. The film was produced by RKO Radio Pictures and stars Leon Errol and Elizabeth Risdon.
RKO bought the film rights to Paramount's 1933 film for $85,000. Two actors who had been in the 1933 version of this film, returned to this 1945 remake in different roles. Tom McGuire who had earlier played the character of O'Leary, returned as the Chief of Police, and Ruth Warren who had earlier played the role of Sara Walker, returned as Mabel.
Wilbur (Leon Errol) is a middle-class furniture store employee. His wife Jessie (Elisabeth Risdon) reads a book about how women can make their men more successful, and 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 (Edwin Maxwell), 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 (Paul Harvey), a crooked politician who wishes to land a lucrative deal with the city to sell them new playground equipment, has the mayor (Robert Middlemass) appoint Wilbur as "Playground Commissioner". Later, when Wilbur is about to denounce McIntosh as a crook, McIntosh has his wife (Charlotte Wynters) ply Wilbur with champagne. While Wilbur is tipsy, Jessie overhears a flirtatious and damning conversation between the two. Wilbur wakes up with a hangover, no pants, and 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.
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