Two White Arms

Two White Arms, also known as Wives Beware, is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Adolphe Menjou, Margaret Bannerman and Claud Allister.^[1] It is adapted from a play by Harold Dearden.

Two White Arms
Directed by	Fred Niblo
Written by	Harold Dearden
Produced by	Eric Hakim
Starring	Adolphe Menjou Margaret Bannerman Claud Allister
Cinematography	Henry W. Gerrard Henry Harris
Edited by	Helen Thomas Lars Moen
Production company	Eric Hakim Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 1932 (1932-03)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Produced by Eric Hakim Productions and backed by MGM, the film was produced at Wembley Studios.^[2] It was Bannerman's first 'talkie'.^[3]

Premise

A man tires of married life and feigns the loss of his memory so he can pursue other women.

Cast

• Adolphe Menjou as Major Carey Liston
• Margaret Bannerman as Lydie Charrington
• Claud Allister as Doctor Biggash
• Jane Baxter as Alison Drury
• Kenneth Kove as Bob Russell
• Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Ellerslie
• René Ray as Trixie
• Jean Cadell as Mrs Drury
• Henry Wenman as Mears
• Spencer Trevor as Sir George
• Melville Cooper as Mack

Trivia

On 6 June 1933, Wives Beware was shown at the Camden Drive-In Theater in Pennsauken, New Jersey, making it the first film shown at a fully dedicated drive-in theater.^[4]