''Repent at Leisure'' is a 1941 American domestic
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Frank Woodruff
Frank Woodruff (1906–1983) was an American film director of the 1940s.Fetrow p.400 He also produced and directed a number of episodes of the television show ''The Bigelow Theatre'' in the early 1950s.
Filmography
* ''Curtain Call (1940 film), ...
from a screenplay by
Jerry Cady based on a story by
James Gow and
Arnaud D'Usseau
Arnaud d'Usseau (April 18, 1916 – January 29, 1990) was a playwright and B-movie screenwriter who is perhaps best remembered today for his collaboration with Dorothy Parker on the play '' The Ladies of the Corridor''.
Career
D'Usseau was born ...
. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film was released on April 4, 1941, and stars
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more p ...
,
Wendy Barrie
Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins; 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress.
Early life
Barrie was born in London to English parents. Her father, Francis Charles John Graigoe Jenkin KC ...
, and
George Barbier. It is named after the aphorism
"marry in haste, repent at leisure".
Plot summary
Cast
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Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor (born Louis William Weiss; May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor of film and television. Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more p ...
- Richard Hughes
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Wendy Barrie
Wendy Barrie (born Marguerite Wendy Jenkins; 18 April 1912 – 2 February 1978) was a British-American film and television actress.
Early life
Barrie was born in London to English parents. Her father, Francis Charles John Graigoe Jenkin KC ...
- Emily Baldwin
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George Barbier - Robert Cornelius 'R.C.' Baldwin
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Thurston Hall
Ernest Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film, stage and television actor.Aylesworth, Thomas G. and Bowman, John S. (1987). ''The World Almanac Who's Who of Film''. World Almanac. . Pp. 186-187.
Career Stag ...
- Jay Buckingham
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Charles Lane - Clarence Morgan
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Nella Walker
Nella Walker (March 6, 1886 – March 22, 1971) was an American actress and vaudeville performer of the 1920s through the 1950s.
Biography
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker, she was born and raised in Chicago. In 1910, she marrie ...
- Mrs. Sally Baldwin
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Rafael Storm
Rafael Storm (1889–1951) was an American film actor.Blottner p.34
Selected filmography
* '' It Happened in New York'' (1935)
* '' The Plot Thickens'' (1935)
* ''Under the Pampas Moon'' (1935)
* '' The Fighting Pilot'' (1935)
* '' Lady Tubbs'' ...
- Prince Paul Stephanie
* Ruth Dietrich - Miss Flynn
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Cecil Cunningham
Edna Cecil Cunningham (August 2, 1888 – April 17, 1959) was an American film and stage actress, singer, and comedienne.
Early years
Cunningham started her working life as a switchboard operator in a commerce bank and did some sittings as a ...
- Mrs. Morgan
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George Chandler -
Bus Conductor
References
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1941 films
American black-and-white films
RKO Pictures films
1941 comedy films
American comedy films
Films produced by Cliff Reid
1940s English-language films
Films directed by Frank Woodruff
1940s American films
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