Week-End for Three

{{short description|1941 film by Irving Reis}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Week-End for Three | image = Week-End for Three.poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Irving Reis | producer = Tay Garnett | writer = Dorothy Parker<br>Alan Campbell | story = Budd Schulberg | starring = Dennis O'Keefe<br>Jane Wyatt <br>Phillip Reed <br> Edward Everett Horton | music = Roy Webb | cinematography = Russell Metty | editing = Desmond Marquette | distributor = RKO Radio Pictures | studio = RKO Radio Pictures | released = {{Film date|1941|12|12|U.S.|1941|10|23|Premiere-New York City|ref2=<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033224/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt | title=Weekend for Three | publisher=imdb.com | accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref>}} | runtime = 66 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Week-End for Three''''' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Irving Reis and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Wyatt and Edward Everett Horton.<ref>Fetrow p.565</ref> It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.

==Synopsis== A young married couple plans a weekend away together, but is interrupted by the arrival of the brash Randy who knew them before they were married.

==Cast== * Dennis O'Keefe as Jim Craig * Jane Wyatt as Ellen * Phillip Reed as Randy * Edward Everett Horton as Stonebraker * ZaSu Pitts as Anna * Franklin Pangborn as Number Seven * Marion Martin as Mrs. Weatherby * Hans Conried as Desk Clerk * Mady Lawrence as Miss Bailey * Brooks Benedict as Old Field Inn Patron * Jack Gargan as Old Field Inn Patron * Russell Wade as Old Field Inn Patron * Marie Windsor as Old Field Inn Patron

==Reception== The film lost over $100,000 at the box office.<ref>Richard B. Jewell, ''RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born'', University of California Press, 2012, pg 230.</ref>

==Radio adaptation== ''Week-End for Three'' was broadcast on the radio program ''Stars in the Air'' March 27, 1952. The 30-minute episode starred Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Britton, and Harry von Zell.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2458532/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 23, 1952|page=44|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 21, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Fetrow, Alan G. ''Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1994.

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130107214407/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1304/Week-End-for-Three/ ''Weekend for Three''] at TCMDB * {{IMDb title|0034378}} * {{AFI film|26981}}

Category:1941 films Category:American comedy films Category:1941 comedy films Category:Films with screenplays by Dorothy Parker Category:Films scored by Roy Webb Category:Films directed by Irving Reis Category:RKO Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1941 American films Category:1941 English-language films Category:English-language comedy films