Twin Beds (1942)
YOU'LL ROAR WHEN TWIN BEDLAM BREAKS LOOSE!
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
- Date of release
- 1942-04-30
- TMDB
- 3.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Tim Whelan
Casting
- Joan Bennett — Julie Abbott
- George Brent — Mike Abbott
- Una Merkel — Lydia
- Mischa Auer — Nicolai Cherupin
- Glenda Farrell — Sonya Cherupin
- Margaret Hamilton — Norah
- Ernest Truex — Larky
- Charles Arnt — Manager
- Charles Coleman — Butler
- George M. Carleton — Minister
- Cecil Cunningham — Miss MacMahon, Secretary
- Ralph Dunn — Detective
Interesting facts
Twin Beds is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Tim Whelan, and starring by George Brent and Joan Bennett. It was distributed by United Artists. The screenplay was written by Kenneth Earl, Curtis Kenyon and Eddie Moran, based on the play of the same name by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo.
Production
The play had been filmed previously in 1920 and 1929. In 1941 Edward Small announced plans to remake it. Dick Powell was mentioned as a possible male lead with Richard Murphy to direct but in the end George Brent was cast under Tim Whelan's director. Filming started in September 1941.
It was the first of several farces based on old plays Small made during World War II.
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