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.
- Garson Kanin
- Ruby Rosenberg
- James H. Anderson
- Bella Spewack
- Sam Spewack
- Sam Spewack
- Bella Spewack
- Leo McCarey
Rating: 6.9/10 by 151 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
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.
