Are Husbands Necessary? (1942 film)

Are Husbands Necessary?
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Written by	Tess Slesinger Frank Davis
Starring	Ray Milland Betty Field
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$552,000.
Box office	$1,050,000 (US rentals)

Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. It follows the misadventures of a wacky wife and her sometimes exasperated, but loving, banker husband. The film's screenplay was adapted by the husband-and-wife writing team of Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, from the novel Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage by Isabel Scott Rorick. This novel would later be a source for the related 1948 radio series My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball, which itself would evolve into the television series I Love Lucy.

A one-hour Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film, featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen, aired February 15, 1943 on CBS Radio.

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