Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mother Didn't Tell Me

88 mins | Comedy | March 3, 1950

Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she will be neglected and lonely, thanks to his career. Based on the novel The Doctor Has Three Faces by Mary Bard and billed as a movie with "all the answers" for new wives, this dated little film follows Jane's struggles to adapt her life to better suit her husband's needs.

Mother Didn't Tell Me

88 mins | Comedy | March 3, 1950

Mother Didn't Tell Me
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she will be neglected and lonely, thanks to his career. Based on the novel The Doctor Has Three Faces by Mary Bard and billed as a movie with "all the answers" for new wives, this dated little film follows Jane's struggles to adapt her life to better suit her husband's needs.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Mother Didn't Tell Me
Directors Claude Binyon
Writers Mary Bard, Claude Binyon

Cast

Dorothy McGuire

as Jane Morgan

William Lundigan

as Dr. William Wright

June Havoc

as Maggie Roberts

Gary Merrill

as Dr. Peter Roberts

Jessie Royce Landis

as Mrs. Wright

Joyce Mackenzie

as Helen Porter

Leif Erickson

as Dr. Bruce Gordon

Reiko Sato

as Suki (uncredited)