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7.0

My Favorite Wife

NR·1940·88m

Comedy

Romance

Comedy

Romance

Summary

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.

Cast

Irene Dunne

Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant

Nick Arden

Gail Patrick

Bianca Bates

Randolph Scott

Steve Burkett

Ann Shoemaker

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)

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)

Crew

Director

Garson Kanin

Original Story

Leo McCarey

Original Story, Screenplay

Sam Spewack

Original Story, Screenplay

Bella Spewack

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 23, 2022

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.