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](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/59864-irene-dunne.webp)
Irene Dunne
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
![Cary Grant](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24219-cary-grant.webp)
Cary Grant
Nick Arden
![Randolph Scott](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/58213-randolph-scott.webp)
Randolph Scott
Stephen Burkett
![Gail Patrick](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26343-gail-patrick.webp)
Gail Patrick
Bianca Bates
![Ann Shoemaker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26094-ann-shoemaker.webp)
Ann Shoemaker
Ma Arden
![Scotty Beckett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25198-scotty-beckett.webp)
Scotty Beckett
Tim Arden
![Mary Lou Harrington](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary Lou Harrington
Chinch Arden
![Donald MacBride](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4583-donald-macbride.webp)
Donald MacBride
Yosemite Hotel Clerk
![Hugh O'Connell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28325-hugh-o-connell.webp)
Hugh O'Connell
Johnson - Insurance Adjuster
![Granville Bates](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/64307-granville-bates.webp)
Granville Bates
Judge Bryson
![Pedro de Cordoba](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19707-pedro-de-cordoba.webp)
Pedro de Cordoba
Dr. Kohlmar
![Garson Kanin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/64309-garson-kanin.webp)
Garson Kanin
Director
![Jean Acker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/64308-jean-acker.webp)
Jean Acker
Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
![Bella Spewack](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bella Spewack
Writer
![Murray Alper](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4615-murray-alper.webp)
Murray Alper
Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)
![Sam Spewack](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sam Spewack
Writer
![Leon Belasco](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11427-leon-belasco.webp)
Leon Belasco
Waiter - Pacific Club Poolside (uncredited)
![Joe Cabrillas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe Cabrillas
Phillip (uncredited)
![Leo McCarey](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/32610-leo-mccarey.webp)
Leo McCarey
Writer
![Bill Cartledge](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Cartledge
Page Boy Paging Burkett (uncredited)
![Roy Webb](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1121893-roy-webb.webp)
Roy Webb
Composer
![Rudolph Maté](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/49751-rudolph-mate.webp)
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
![Chester Clute](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/27278-chester-clute.webp)
Chester Clute
Shoe Salesman (uncredited)
![Robert Wise](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6692-robert-wise.webp)
Robert Wise
Editor
![Corky](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Corky
Corky the Dog (uncredited)
![Franco Corsaro](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Franco Corsaro
Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)
![Florence Dudley](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/258492-florence-dudley.webp)
Florence Dudley
Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
![Hal Gerard](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hal Gerard
Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)
![Roque Guinart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roque Guinart
Waiter (uncredited)
![Earle Hodgins](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28082-earle-hodgins.webp)
Earle Hodgins
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)
![Edna Holland](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25237-edna-holland.webp)
Edna Holland
Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)
![Thelma Joel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Thelma Joel
Miss Rosenthal (uncredited)
![Cy Kendall](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16821-cy-kendall.webp)
Cy Kendall
Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)
![Ellen Lowe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ellen Lowe
Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)
![Margarita Martín](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Margarita Martín
(uncredited)
![Horace McMahon](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4635-horace-mcmahon.webp)
Horace McMahon
Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)
![Sue Moore](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sue Moore
Maid Drying Ellen's Clothes (uncredited)
![Bert Moorhouse](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bert Moorhouse
Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)
![Clive Morgan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Clive Morgan
Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)
![George Noisom](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Noisom
Page Boy Bringing Steve's Robe (uncredited)
![Bob Reeves](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16832-bob-reeves.webp)
Bob Reeves
Policeman Arresting Nick (uncredited)
![Ronald R. Rondell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ronald R. Rondell
Bellboy #1 (uncredited)
![Matty Roubert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/341894-matty-roubert.webp)
Matty Roubert
Page Boy Paging Mr. Arden (uncredited)
![Eli Schmudkler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eli Schmudkler
Janitor (uncredited)
![Pat West](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/225588-pat-west.webp)
Pat West
Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)
![Mel Berns](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
![Van Nest Polglase](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1120210-van-nest-polglase.webp)
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
![Darrell Silvera](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1117245-darrell-silvera.webp)
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Media.
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Details.
Release DateMay 17, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingNR
Budget$921,000
Box Office$2,057,000
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
My Favorite Wife, released in the United Kingdom as My Favourite 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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