Hired Wife

Description

This funny show tells the story of a secretary who marries her boss because she has to, and then ends up running the whole business! The cast includes Rosalind Russell, Jeff Chandler, Robert North, Ken Christy, Jim Backus, Mary Jane Croft, and Earle Ross. William Seiter shows up as a guest screen director. Jimmy Wallington is the announcer, while Bing Crosby and Bob Hope appear in Chesterfield ads. Richard Allen Simmons adapted the story, Howard Wiley produced it, and Bill Cairn directed the show.

Screen Directors Playhouse is an American radio and television anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, with original directors of the films sometimes involved in the productions, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations and taking a brief "curtain call" with the cast and host at the end of the program. During the 1955–56 season, the series was seen on television, focusing on original teleplays and several adaptations of famous short stories.

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