Four Wives
Four Wives is a 1939 American drama film starring the Lane Sisters (Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane) and Gale Page. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and is based on the story "Sister Act" by Fannie Hurst. The supporting cast features Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert, Frank McHugh and Dick Foran. The picture is a sequel to Four Daughters (1938) and was followed by Four Mothers (1941). Four Wives was released by Warner Bros. on December 25, 1939.
Plot
Ann Lemp Borden has been recently widowed, after her husband Mickey Borden, a down-and-out and unlucky musical genius, is tragically killed in a car accident. She now lives at home again with her father, Aunt Etta and next oldest sister Kay. Her two other sisters Emma and Thea are married.
More details
author | Julius J. Epstein |
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director | Michael Curtiz |
editor | Ralph Dawson |
genre | drama |
keywords | begin car accident date die in vain engage four daughters kill married tragically killed in a car accident unfinished widow |
musicBy | Max Steiner |
producer | Hal B. Wallis |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
theme | sequel |