Lend Me Your Wife is a 1935 British comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Cyril Smith. It was written by Edmund D'Alby, Fred Duprez and Kellino, and made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie.
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Preservation status
The British Film Institute National Archive holds no stills or ephemera, and no film or video materials.
Plot
To get his allowance doubled, Tommy Radford pretends to his rich uncle Jerry that he is married. When the uncle visits, uncle arrives, Tommy persuades his best pal's wife Grace to fill in for his non-existent wife. Farcial complications follow.
Cast
Henry Kendall as Tommy Radford
Kathleen Kelly as Grace Harwood
Cyril Smith as Charles Harwood
Jimmy Godden as Uncle Jerry
Marie Ault as Aunt Jane
Hal Gordon as Nick Larkin
Gillian Maude as Ruth
Hilda Campbell-Russell as Martha Larkin
Reception
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Cast in familiar mould, with rather feeble humour and easily foreseen developments. Subject's main entertainment bid arises from smooth portrayal of Henry Kendall as harassed leading man. ... Henry Kendall, who plays Tommy, works hard, and, although he has banal material at his command, manages to give an entertaining performance. It says much for his smooth acting that he gives some semblance of credibility to the piece."