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Rating: 6.945/10 by 154 users

My Favorite Wife (1940)

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.

Directing:
  • Garson Kanin
  • Ruby Rosenberg
  • James H. Anderson
Writing:
  • Bella Spewack
  • Sam Spewack
  • Bella Spewack
  • Leo McCarey
  • Sam Spewack
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, May 17, 1940

Rating: 6.945/10 by 154 users

Alternative Title:
Seine Lieblingsfrau - DE
Ilk Göz Agrisi - TR
Moja najljubsa zena - SI
Min favorithustru - SE
A Minha Mulher Favorita - PT
Moja najmilsza zona - PL
Ishti Ha-Mooadefet - IL
Poian ap' tis dyo? - GR
Lempivaimoni - FI
Min yndlingshustru - DK
Mijn verkozen vrouw - BE
Meine liebste Frau - AT
Mi esposa favorita - AR
My Favourite Wife - GB

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 28 minutes
Budget: $921,000
Revenue: $2,057,000

Plot Keyword: jealousy, judge, shipwreck, marriage, bigamy, confusion, presumed dead, screwball comedy, deserted island, hilarious, comedy of remarriage

Irene Dunne
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Cary Grant
Nick Arden
Gail Patrick
Bianca Bates
Randolph Scott
Steve Burkett
Granville Bates
Judge Walter Bryson
Jean Acker
Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
Waiter - Pacific Club Poolside (uncredited)
Joe Cabrillas
Phillip (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
Page Boy Paging Burkett (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Corky
Corky the Dog (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro
Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
Hal Gerard
Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)
Roque Guinart
Waiter (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)
Thelma Joel
Miss Rosenthal (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe
Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Maid Drying Ellen's Clothes (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)
Clive Morgan
Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)
George Noisom
Page Boy Bringing Steve's Robe (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Policeman Arresting Nick (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
Bellboy #1 (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Page Boy Paging Mr. Arden (uncredited)
Eli Schmudkler
Janitor (uncredited)
Pat West
Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

Whilst it has it's moments; this is really quite a jaded comedy romance. Cary Grant ("Nick") has just married "Bianca" (Gail Patrick) when his previous, presumed dead, wife "Ellen" (Irene Dunne) who went missing seven years earlier in a shipwreck turns up alive and kicking. To add to the rather convoluted storyline, "Ellen" has been stuck all this time on a desert island with Randolph Scott ("Stephen") and as you can imagine loads of confusion ensues now as they all try to decide who actually wants to be married to whom! Grant is his usual, affable, self but the others didn't really do it for me - except, maybe Granville Bates as the hopelessly indecisive judge "Bryson". I'm afraid that I found the story really quite thin - the one joke has some legs, but they tire midway through and the whole thing just becomes too contrived.


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