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My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!

19407.01h 28m

Overview

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.

Directed by Garson Kanin
Written by Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Leo McCarey
Produced by Leo McCarey
Box OfficeBudget: $921KRevenue: $2.1M

Top Cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett

Gail Patrick

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates

Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Ma

Scotty Beckett

Scotty Beckett

Tim Arden

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Mary Lou Harrington

Chinch Arden

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk

Hugh O'Connell

Hugh O'Connell

Johnson

Granville Bates

Granville Bates

Judge Walter Bryson

Themes & Keywords

jealousyjudgeshipwreckhoneymoonbigamyconfusionremarriagelos angeles, californiapresumed deadscrewball comedydeserted islandsecond marriagelost at seahilariouscomedy of remarriageenoch ardenfirst wife

About My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife is a comedy, romance film released in 1940 exploring themes of jealousy, judge, shipwreck, honeymoon, bigamy, confusion. Directed by Garson Kanin, it stars Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott. 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.

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