Review of George Washington Slept Here (1942) by Kelly H — 19 Aug 2013

This was a funny play when I read it, with a wisecracking wife named Annabelle and a husband who was excited about their new house. These roles were reversed for the film, and Jack Benny does no justice to the lines that were somehow much funnier when spoken by a woman.

I rings completely false that his pretty young wife would have purchased this house without his knowledge, and he comes across more like a wet blanket than a skeptical sophisticate, as the role originally demanded.