Thanks for the Memory

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.

Cast

Bob Hope

as Steve Merrick

Shirley Ross

as Anne Merrick

Charles Butterworth

as Biney

Otto Kruger

as Gil Morrell

Hedda Hopper

as Polly Griscom

Patricia Wilder

as Luella Mae

Roscoe Karns

as George Kent

Laura Hope Crews

as Mrs. Kent

William Collier Sr.

as Jim Platt

Emma Dunn

as Mrs. Platt

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