Are Husbands Necessary? is a 1942 American comedy film directed by
Norman Taurog and starring Ray Milland and Betty Field. It follows the misadventures of a wacky wife and her sometimes exasperated, but loving, banker husband. The film's screenplay was adapted by the husband-and-wife writing team of
Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis, from the novel
Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage by
Isabel Scott Rorick. This novel would later be a source for the related 1948 radio series
My Favorite Husband starring
Lucille Ball, which itself would evolve into the television series
I Love Lucy.