Navy Wife

Navy Wife (1935)

A Hawaiian naval nurse weds a widowed officer partly because he has a crippled daughter.

Date of release
1935-09-17
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 9m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Allan Dwan

Casting

Interesting facts

Navy Wife is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Sonya Levien and Edward T. Lowe Jr. It is based on the 1935 novel Beauty's Daughter by Kathleen Norris. The film stars Claire Trevor, Ralph Bellamy, Jane Darwell, Warren Hymer, Ben Lyon and Kathleen Burke. The film was released on November 29, 1935, by 20th Century Fox.

Production and release

Allan Dwan said that the film had nothing from the novel. The Fox Film Corporation joined with Twentieth Century Pictures as the film was entering production in Hawaii. The film's exteriors were shot in Hawaii while a few scenes happened at the San Diego Naval Training Station Hospital. Ben Lyon was surprised about signing a contract for the film due to not having a lead role for a while.

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