Chicken Every Sunday (1949)

Set in 1910 Arizona, a wife (Celeste Holm) contemplating a divorce from her husband (Dan Dailey) reflects  on their marriage of twenty years and her husband's dreams of getting rich which always seemed to backfire. Based on the play by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein by way of the autobiographical book by Rosemary Taylor and directed by George Seaton (AIRPORT). One of those folksy nostalgic "how we used to be" family comedies that proliferated in Hollywood during its "Golden Age". MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS and LIFE WITH FATHER are probably the most memorable but there were many others. This is one of the lesser contributions. Dailey's character is irritating and puts his business schemes before the needs of his family (he mortgages the house without telling his wife) yet because he loves his family, everything is supposed to be forgiven so we can get that happy ending. It just didn't work for me. With Natalie Wood, Alan Young, Colleen Townsend, Connie Gilchrist, William Frawley and Veda Ann Borg.