A relatively formulaic (though beautifully produced) bedroom comedy...
My Favorite Wife
The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!
1940 · 1h 28m · APPROVED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Garson Kanin
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My Favorite Wife
Overview
Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.
Director and cast
- Garson Kanin Director
- Cary Grant as Nick Arden
- Irene Dunne as Ellen Wagstaff Arden
- Randolph Scott as Steve Burkett
- Gail Patrick as Bianca Bates
- Ann Shoemaker as Ma
- Scotty Beckett as Tim Arden
- Mary Lou Harrington as Chinch Arden
- Donald MacBride as Hotel Clerk
- Hugh O'Connell as Johnson
- Granville Bates Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The direction of Garson Kanin is spotty, and there is evidence of faults in editing -- but who cares?
While it's pleasant enough, the freshness is definitely off the bloom.
Ninety minutes of delightfully irrational comedy.
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