Executive producer: Bryan Foy. Copyright 7 September 1940 by Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. A Warner Bros-First National Picture. No recorded New York opening. U.S. release: 7 September 1940. No recorded Australian theatrical release. 64 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Nagging wife is finally confronted by the ex-suitor she always claims she should have married. He turns out to be a far worse prospect than her present spouse.
NOTES: Warner Bros nearly always got good mileage out of any literary properties they happened to buy. This one first appeared as Too Young To Marry in 1931 with Loretta Young and Grant Withers. The first re-make Love Begins at 20 appeared in 1936, starring Patricia Ellis and Warren Hull.
The stage play opened on Broadway at the Ritz on 5 November 1929, running a quite successful 165 performances. Produced and directed by Marion Gering, the play starred Donald Meek, Bette Davis (in her Broadway debut), Eda Heinemann and Reed Brown Jr in the roles now played by Truex, Fairbanks, Bates and Reeves, respectively.
COMMENT: To judge by Calling All Husbands, the "B" movie domestic comedies churned out by the Bryan Foy unit at Warner Brothers, lacked the pizzazz of similar grade product from the other major studios. True, it's a pleasant, but thoroughly routine offering, although certainly acted out with skill and enthusiasm. Starring George Tobias, no less! But the plot holds no surprises, and the dialogue seems pretty ordinary. We imagine that Bette Davis in the Fairbanks role had wittier and more astringent lines to work with on Broadway.