---
title: 'An Ideal Husband (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alexander Korda'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-ideal-husband-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039485/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# An Ideal Husband (1947)

1947 · 96 min · Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

An Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 British comedy film adaptation of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. It was made by London Film Productions and distributed by British Lion Films (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA). It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Bíró from Wilde's play. The music score was by Arthur Benjamin, the cinematography by Georges Périnal, the editing by Oswald Hafenrichter and the costume design by Cecil Beaton. This was Korda's last completed film as a director, although he continued producing films into the next decade.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda)
- **Screenplay:** [Lajos Bíró](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-biro)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Benjamin](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-benjamin)

## Cast

- [Ronald Adam](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-adam)
- [Paulette Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulette-goddard)
- [Hugh Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-williams)
- [Michael Wilding](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wilding)
- [Diana Wynyard](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-wynyard)
- [Constance Collier](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-collier)
- [Glynis Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/glynis-johns)
- [C. Aubrey Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-aubrey-smith)

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