Product Details

• Actors: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn
• Directors: Alexander Hall
• Writers: Aleen Leslie, George Seaton, Ken Englund
• Producers: William Perlberg
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 8, 1988
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302801109
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,772 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Doctor Takes a Wife [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Doctor Takes a Wife is fantastic! Right up there with The Farmer's Daughter, also starring Loretta Young. Not quite as sweet, maybe, but definately funnier. The one-liners are hilarious. I watched it with four other people, and we all loved it. A must-see!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Screwball comedy, August 30, 2007

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C.A. Arthur (Tacoma, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Doctor Takes a Wife [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I caught this on Turner Classic Movies the other day and discovered that it was a classic screwball comedy. It's really very witty, well-constructed, and amusing. Loretta Young plays a part that might have been assigned to, say, Carol Landis. And Milland is doing something that Cary Grant made famous. Both stars handle their parts superbly. Gail Patrick, perhaps for the first and only time in her long movie career, plays an air-head other woman. Add this to your list of must-see movies, especially if you like the screwball genre. Great fun for adults.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional!, February 21, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Doctor Takes a Wife [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The well written comedies of the forties and fifties have yet to be equaled! This particular comedy is the quintessential romantic comedy of the 1940s. Loretta Young and Ray Milland match each other wit for wit and jab for jab. This film will keep you laughing constantly. An all-star cast including Reginald Gardiner (My Favorite Wife) and Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street).