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My American Wife (1936)

NR ★ 9.0/10 65 min Comedy United States English
Director: Harold Young
Story by: Elmer Davis
Screenplay by: Virginia Van Upp
Streaming: Not available
A Count with American ideas...tries to trade his monocle for a lariat!

Description

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian fighter Lafe Cantillon (Fred Stone). Lafe's social-climbing sister-in-law (Billie Burke) insists that her daughter Mary wed a titled European, Count Ferdinand (Francis Lederer). Much to Lafe's delight, Mary isn't assimilated into Continental high society; instead, she instructs Count Ferdinand in the virtues of good, old-fashioned American democracy. And, of, course, the Count and Lafe become great chums when the "furriner" proves that he can ride a bucking bronco with the best of 'em.

Top Cast

Francis Lederer
Francis Lederer Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern Mary Cantillon
Fred Stone
Fred Stone Lafe Cantillon
Billie Burke
Billie Burke Mrs. Robert Cantillon
Ernest Cossart
Ernest Cossart Adolphe
Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell Robert Cantillon
Hal K. Dawson
Hal K. Dawson Stephen Cantillon
Helene Millard
Helene Millard Mrs. Vincent Cantillon

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