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My Favorite Wife
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.
7
88 min
Release
1940-05-17
Cast
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
as Judge Walter Bryson
Pedro de Cordoba
as Dr. KohlmarJoe Cabrillas
as Phillip (uncredited)Thelma Joel
as Miss Rosenthal (uncredited)Hal Gerard
as Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
as Nick's Lawyer (uncredited)Bert Moorhouse
as Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)Clive Morgan
as Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)
Jean Acker
as Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
Florence Dudley
as Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)Max Linder
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
Ronald R. Rondell
as Bellboy #1 (uncredited)
Russell Wade
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
as Page Boy Paging Mr. Arden (uncredited)Bill Cartledge
as Page Boy Paging Burkett (uncredited)
Edna Holland
as Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)Ellen Lowe
as Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)
Chester Clute
as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
as Waiter - Pacific Club Poolside (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Poolside Waiter (uncredited)Franco Corsaro
as Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)George Noisom
as Page Boy Bringing Steve's Robe (uncredited)Sue Moore
as Maid Drying Ellen's Clothes (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
as Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Policeman Arresting Nick (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
Pat West
as Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)
Murray Alper
as Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)Roque Guinart
as Waiter (uncredited)Eli Schmudkler
as Janitor (uncredited)Corky
as Corky the Dog (uncredited)Margarita Martín
as Minor Role (uncredited)Director
REVIEWS
Geronimo1967
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.
