Dream Wife
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| Directed by | Sidney Sheldon |
| Produced by | Dore Schary |
| Written by | Herbert Baker (screenplay) Alfred Lewis Levitt Sidney Sheldon |
| Starring | Cary Grant Deborah Kerr Walter Pidgeon Betta St. John Eduard Franz |
| Music by | Conrad Salinger |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Editing by | George White |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1953 |
| Running time | 100 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Dream Wife is a 1953 romantic comedy film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Sidney Sheldon and produced by Dore Schary, from a screenplay by Herbert Baker, Alfred Lewis Levitt and Sidney Sheldon. The music score was by Conrad Salinger, the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner and the art direction by Daniel B. Cathcart and Cedric Gibbons. Costume design was by Herschel McCoy and Helen Rose, and received an Oscar nomination.
The film stars Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr and Walter Pidgeon with Betta St. John, Eduard Franz, Buddy Baer, Richard Anderson and Movita.
[edit] Plot summary
Businessman Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) breaks his engagement with workaholic U.S. diplomat girlfriend Effie (Deborah Kerr) for an adoring "old-fashioned" girl from the fictitious country of Bukistan, Princess Tarji (Betta St. John). Reade believes that he wants a wife who can "just find having babies and taking care of a man" pleasurable. While Reade tries to get closer to his bride-to-be, Effie, who has been assigned by the State Department to see that the marriage does not affect a major oil deal with Bukistan, muddies his every step, all the while educating the bride about Western ideas of the role of a wife.
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