Housewife

Housewife

1934 | 1h 12m | Drama, Romance | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

Academy Award winner Bette Davis stars with George Brent and Ann Dvorak as the intriguing other woman who threatens to destroy the marriage between a struggling office manager and a stay-at-home mother.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Alfred E. Green

CAST

George Brent

Bette Davis

Ann Dvorak

John Halliday

Ruth Donnelly

Hobart Cavanaugh

Robert Barrat

Joseph Cawthorn

Phil Regan

Willard Robertson

Ronnie Cosby

Leila Bennett

Harry Tyler

Charles Coleman

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Lillie Hayward

Manuel Seff

Robert Lord

Lillie Hayward

Related Videos

03:40
Housewife (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Lincoln Might Have Freed The Slaves
Clip
Already on the subject of running a home on his modest salary, office manager Bill (George Brent) with wife Nan (Ann Dvorak) and son (Ronnie Cosby), off to work, then neighbor and sister-in-law Dora (Ruth Donnelly) visits and the plumber (Harry Tyler) adds to the woes, in Housewife, 1934.
03:28
Housewife (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Gone The Way Of All Flesh
Clip
George (Hobart Cavanaugh) is gatekeeper for Bill (George Brent) whose ad business has mushroomed since his wife Nan (Ann Dvorak) pressed him to snag Paul (John Halliday), now their top client and pal, and copywriter Pat (Bette Davis), hired away from the competition, shows new interest, in Housewife, 1934.
03:35
Housewife (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Born To A Glamorous Life
Clip
Domineering Chicago ad agency boss Blake (Robert Barrat) is out to impress his new writer Pat (Bette Davis, her first scene) hired from New York, finding out shes a hometown gal but doubting she knows his downtrodden employee Bill (George Brent), in Housewife, 1934, also starring Ann Dvorak.
02:55
Housewife - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A wife (Ann Dvorak) pushes her husband (George Brent) ahead in business...and into the arms of a co-worker (Bette Davis) in Housewife (1934).

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