A Wife's Life
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| A Wife's Life | |
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| Directed by | Dave O'Brien |
| Written by | Dave O'Brien, Julian Harmon |
| Produced by | Pete Smith |
| Starring | Pete Smith Dave O'Brien Dorothy Short |
| Narrated by | Pete Smith |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | Harry Komer |
| Music by | David Snell (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Wife's Life is an eight-minute film made in 1950 by filmmaker Pete Smith, who also narrates.[1] It was directed by Dave O'Brien and written by Dave O'Brien and Julian Harmon. The film is narrated in Smith's classic nasal, matter-of-fact comedic delivery and is shot as a mockumentary of sorts.
Plot
[edit]Mrs. George T. Hardnose is an average mid-century housewife burdened by her aloof and patriarchal husband. She calls her husband to say she wants to go to a movie that night; he says, nothing doing, he's tired, he's worked hard, and what has she done all day. In a series of flashbacks, we see - starting with getting George out of bed and off to work, her bathing an obstreperous three-year-old, dealing with stopped drains and a faulty defroster, doing dishes, cajoling a rich uncle, washing clothes, mopping floors, sweeping behind heavy furniture, cleaning the stove and a rug, and cooking dinner. After dinner, when George asks her to let him have the paper, she cracks him over the head with a metal pipe wrapped in the paper.
References
[edit]- ^ "Triple Trouble". The Daily Sentinel. December 5, 1950. Retrieved April 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- A Wife's Life at IMDb
- A Wife's Life at the TCM Movie Database
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