Mama Loves Papa (1933 film)

Mama Loves Papa is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film

Mama Loves Papa
directed by Norman Z. McLeod, with a story by Nunnally Johnson
and Douglas MacLean, and a screenplay by MacLean, Keene
Thompson, and Arthur Kober. The film was produced by Paramount
Pictures and stars Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland.[1][2][3]

Contents
Plot
Cast
Reception
Recognition
See also
References
External links

Plot 1933 theatrical poster

Directed by Norman Z.
While Wilbur Todd (Charlie Ruggles) is content with his middle class McLeod
life, his wife Jessie (Mary Boland) aspires to a higher social standing.
Screenplay by Arthur Kober
She insists he wear fine clothes because she believes that clothes
make the man. When his strange new clothes bring derision rather Douglas
than admiration, and tired of his wife's constant nagging, Wilbur goes MacLean
off on a drunken spree and innocently becomes involved with the Keene
village vamp, Mrs. McIntosh (Lilyan Tashman). Thompson
Story by Nunnally
Cast Johnson
Douglas
Charlie Ruggles as Wilbur Todd MacLean
Mary Boland as Jessie Todd
Starring Charlie
Lilyan Tashman as Mrs. McIntosh
Ruggles
George Barbier as Mr. Kirkwood Mary Boland
Walter Catlett as Tom Walker Lilyan Tashman
Morgan Wallace as Mr. McIntosh George Barbier
George Beranger as Basil Pew
Cinematography Gilbert
Tom Ricketts as Mr. Pierrepont
Warrenton
Warner Richmond as The Radical
Edited by Richard C.
Frank Sheridan as The Mayor
Currier
Tom McGuire as O'Leary
Gail Patrick (uncredited) Paramount
 Production Pictures
Reception company
Release date July 14, 1933
The New York Times wrote that Ruggles' "routine comedy method is
so uproarious that it is in danger of obscuring his other talents" and (United States)
that as Wilbur Todd he "produces an authentic and believable Running time 68 minutes
character in the principal role, playing down his scenes with
admirable restraint." They wrote that as Wilbur's well-meaning wife Country United States
Jessie, Mary Boland "is a comedienne who successfully resists the Language English
temptation to manufacture broad farce and easy laughs."[1]

In the Toledo News-Bee journalist Allen Saunders made note that actor Charles Ruggles had been so long
identified with sight and sound humor, that audiences had nearly forgotten that he could speak, and that in
Mama Loves Papa he "has a chance to do a good job and he does it." In describing the supporting cast and
action, he wrote that with the team of Charles Ruggles and Mary Boland, the film was in "capable hands". He
concluded by writing that "Mama Loves Papa is one of the best little comedies of the season".[3] San Jose
News wrote that the film was "an effervescent farce", that is "a perfect satire on the family next door."[2]

Hal Erickson of Rovi wrote that the team of Mary Boland and Charles Ruggles collaborating with Norman Z.
McLeod made for a delightful film. Noting that the film was "very basic material", he wrote that because of its
stars, director, and screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, the film "emerges as something truly special." He also
made note that the National Board of Review selected the film as one of the best of its year.[4]

Recognition
1933, nomination for 'Best Picture' by National Board of Review[4]

See also
Mama Loves Papa (1945 film)

References
1. A.D.S. (July 24, 1933). "review: Mama Loves Papa (1933)" (https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/r
eview?res=9F01E7DD163DE333A25757C2A9619C946294D6CF). The New York Times.
Retrieved May 20, 2011.
2. "Vaudeville Opens at Fox Cailifornia Today" (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JzAiAA
AAIBAJ&pg=940,2537124&dq=mama-loves-papa&hl=en). San Jose News. August 1, 1933.
p. 31. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
3. Allen Saunders (August 2, 1933). "Mr. Rugles Comes Into His Own in New Comedy About
Domestic Life" (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vatXAAAAIBAJ&pg=827,2614105&d
q=mama-loves-papa&hl=en). Toledo News-Bee. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
4. Hal Erickson. "Mama Loves Papa (1933)" (https://archive.today/20130116143209/http://www.al
lrovi.com/movies/movie/mama-loves-papa-v101058?r=allmovie). Rovi. Archived from the
original (http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/mama-loves-papa-v101058?r=allmovie) on
January 16, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

External links
Mama Loves Papa (1933) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024292/) at the Internet Movie
Database
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