question: Who was the director of the 1938 comedy starring the husband of Cyd Charisse?
answer: William A. Seiter
context: Title: On an Island with You
  Passage: On an Island with You is a 1948 musical Technicolor romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe.  It stars Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbán, Cyd Charisse, Kathryn Beaumont and Jimmy Durante.
  Title: The Affairs of Annabel
  Passage: The Affairs of Annabel is a 1938 comedy starring Lucille Ball and Jack Oakie.  Oakie plays Lannie Morgan, Wonder Pictures publicity man working with film star Annabel Allison (Ball), her first starring comedy role.
  Title: Meet Me in Las Vegas
  Passage: Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) is an MGM musical comedy produced by Joe Pasternak, directed by Roy Rowland, filmed in Eastman Color (credited as Metrocolor) and CinemaScope, and starring Dan Dailey and Cyd Charisse.  The film has a running time of 112 minutes.
  Title: The Band Wagon
  Passage: The Band Wagon is a 1953 musical comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.   Fred Astaire was contemplating retirement just like his character.  It tells the story of an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will restart his career.  However, the play's director wants to make it a pretentious retelling of "Faust", and brings in a prima ballerina who clashes with the star.  Along with "Singin' in the Rain", it is regarded as one of the finest of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals, although it was only a modest box-office success on first release.
  Title: Let George Do It (1938 film)
  Passage: Let George Do It is a 1938 comedy starring popular stage comedian George Wallace.  It was the first of two films Wallace made for Ken G. Hall at Cinesound Productions, the other one being "Gone to the Dogs" (1939).  Hall later called Wallace "in my opinion, easily the best comedian that this country has produced."
  Title: Five Golden Hours
  Passage: Five Golden Hours is a 1961 Italian-British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and written by Hans Wilhelm, starring Ernie Kovacs, Cyd Charisse and George Sanders, and featuring Dennis Price and John Le Mesurier.
  Title: Thanks for Everything
  Passage: Thanks for Everything is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and written by Curtis Kenyon and Harry Tugend.  The film stars Adolphe Menjou, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Arleen Whelan, Tony Martin and Binnie Barnes.  The film was released on December 23, 1938, by 20th Century Fox.
  Title: Something's Got to Give
  Passage: Something's Got to Give is an unfinished 1962 American feature film, directed by George Cukor for Twentieth Century-Fox and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse.  A remake of "My Favorite Wife" (1940), a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, it was Monroe's last work, but from the beginning its production was disrupted by her personal troubles, and after her death on August 5, 1962, the film was abandoned.  Most of its completed footage remained unseen for many years.
  Title: Tony Martin (American singer)
  Passage: Tony Martin (born Alvin Morris; December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his film roles and popular singer.  His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand" and "Stranger in Paradise".  He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years until her death in 2008.
  Title: Twilight for the Gods
  Passage: Twilight for the Gods is a 1958 American Eastmancolor adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Rock Hudson and Cyd Charisse.  The story is based on the novel "Twilight for the Gods" by Ernest K. Gann.
citations: Thanks for Everything Tony Martin (American singer)