My Favorite Wife (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Irene Dunne
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Cary Grant
Nick Arden
Gail Patrick
Bianca Bates
Randolph Scott
Steve Burkett
Ann Shoemaker
Ma
Scotty Beckett
Tim Arden
Mary Lou Harrington
Chinch Arden
Donald MacBride
Hotel Clerk
Hugh O'Connell
Johnson
Granville Bates
Judge Walter Bryson
Pedro de Cordoba
Dr. Kohlmar
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) / Stunts
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)
Margarita Martín
Minor Role (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)
Donald Kerr
Poolside Waiter (uncredited)
Max Linder
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Nick's Lawyer (uncredited)
Russell Wade
Bellhop (uncredited)
Howard Greer
Costume Design
Mark-Lee Kirk
Assistant Art Director
John E. Tribby
Sound Recordist
Bella Spewack
Screenplay / Original Story
Garson Kanin
Director / Additional Writing
Sam Spewack
Screenplay / Original Story
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 17, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingNR
Budget$921,000
Box Office$2,057,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
jealousy
judge
shipwreck
marriage
presumed dead
deserted island
screwball comedy
comedy of remarriage
bigamy
confusion
hilarious
Wiki.
My Favorite Wife, is a 1940 screwball comedy produced by Leo McCarey and directed by Garson Kanin.
The picture stars Irene Dunne as a woman who, after being shipwrecked on a tropical island for several years and declared legally dead, returns to her [former] husband (Cary Grant) and children.
The story is an adaptation of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's 1864 poem, "Enoch Arden". In tribute, the main characters' last name is Arden.
The supporting cast features Gail Patrick as the woman Arden has just married when his first wife returns, and Randolph Scott as the man with whom his wife was marooned. My Favorite Wife was RKO's second-biggest hit of 1940.
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