| The Wife's Family | |
| Director: | Monty Banks |
| Producer: | John Maxwell |
| Screenplay: | Fred Duprez Val Valentine |
| Based On: | My Wife's Family by Fred Duprez (from an original story by Harry B. Linton and Hal Stephens) |
| Starring: | Gene Gerrard Muriel Angelus Amy Veness |
| Cinematography: | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Editing: | A.C. Hammond |
| Studio: | British International Pictures |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $67,000[1] |
| Gross: | $300,000 (est.) |
The Wife's Family (also released as My Wife's Family) is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness. It was based on the popular stage farce by Fred Duprez.[2] The play was subsequently filmed a further four times: in a Swedish version Mother-in-Law's Coming, in 1932;[3] a 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee;[4] and British remakes in 1941 and 1956.[5] It was produced by British International Pictures and shot at the company's Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead.
Poster taglines: "His Mother-in-law wasn't born--she was quarried out of solid granite and could lick her weight in wildcats!"[6]
"An inside comedy of the in-laws-the in-bads and all but ingratitude!"[7]
Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child.
BIP bought the rights to the stage farce for $7,500. The film production was very popular.[1]