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Hired Wife is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Melford and starring Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn and James Kirkwood. It was produced as a second feature by the independent company Pinnacle Productions.[1] It was shot at the Sun Haven Studios in Florida rather than in Hollywood. Location shooting took place at the Soreno Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Plot

Cast

  • Greta Nissen as Vivian Mathews
  • Weldon Heyburn as Kent Johns
  • James Kirkwood as Philip Marlowe
  • Molly O'Day as Pat Sullivan
  • Jane Winton as Dovie Jansen
  • Blanche Taylor as Mrs. Jansen
  • Carolyn Gales as Aunt Mancha
  • Evelyn Bennett as Celeste
  • Johnnie Lee a s Hotel Bellboy
  • Bob Miller as Hotel Bellboy
  • James Peters as Airport Truck Driver
  • Patricia Jean Worthington as Party Guest

References

  1. ^ Wollstein p.280

Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
  • Wollstein, Hans J. Strangers in Hollywood: the history of Scandinavian actors in American films from 1910 to World War II. Scarecrow Press, 1994.


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