The Cradle Snatchers (1927)
59 mins | Comedy | 5 June 1927
Director:
Howard HawksWriter:
Sarah Y. MasonCinematographer:
L. William O'ConnellProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.In 1929, Fox produced another adaptation of the Russell G. Medcraft-Norma Mitchell play under the title Why Leave Home?. That film, which was a musical, was directed by Raymond Cannon and starred Sue Carol and Dixie Lee. The 1943 Paramount musical comedy Let's Face It, directed by Sidney Lanier and starring Bob Hope and Betty Hutton, also was partially based on the play The Cradle Snatchers (see entries below). ...
In 1929, Fox produced another adaptation of the Russell G. Medcraft-Norma Mitchell play under the title Why Leave Home?. That film, which was a musical, was directed by Raymond Cannon and starred Sue Carol and Dixie Lee. The 1943 Paramount musical comedy Let's Face It, directed by Sidney Lanier and starring Bob Hope and Betty Hutton, also was partially based on the play The Cradle Snatchers (see entries below).
To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives--Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd--arrange with three college boys--Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley--to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications that are ...
To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives--Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd--arrange with three college boys--Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley--to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications that are resolved.
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