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My Favourite Wife [1940]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
That delightful couple from The Awful Truth, Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, revisit the world of marital confusion. Presuming his wife to be dead, Grant remarries--on the same day that his bedraggled spouse (that's Dunne) returns. Seems she's been stranded on a desert island for seven years (with strapping hunk Randolph Scott, too). The moment Cary spots his resurrected wife, as an elevator door slides shut, is one of the many funny gags in this comedy, and the final sequence is memorably wacky. Awful Truth director Leo McCarey prepared the film, but it was directed by author Garson Kanin. The two stars are so adept at farce, and so effortless in conveying their characters' mutual affection, that the movie triumphs over the whopper of a plot device. It was supposed to be remade as the ill-fated Marilyn Monroe film Something's Got to Give, and ended up Move Over, Darling with Doris Day. --Robert Horton
Adam and Eve alone on an island for seven years
Review date: 2008-08-26 Rating: 10 out of 10
There was a shipwreck and Nicolas (Cary Grant) gets separated from his wife Ellen (Irene Dunne.) She was never seen again. Seven years later Nick, widower with two children and living with his mother finds love again, Bianca (Gail Patrick.)
Now it is time to start a new life with Bianca; so Nick goes to court and has Ellen legally declared dead and in the same breath marries Bianca. But wait what is this? Ellen returns that very day. The complications begin. But wait there is more Ellen was not stranded alone on an island there was Stephen, sort of an Adam and Eve thing. The story only gets better from here.
Be sure to watch the remake of this movie "Move Over Darling" with Games Gardner and Doris Day.
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Reviews
classic comedy
Review date: 2008-05-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
You have to go a long way to beat this screwball comedy. Grant and dunne are excellent in their roles. You can see it is a follow up to the success of their pairing in 'the awful truth' which in my opinion is a slightly better film but that does not detract from this. I didn't know much about Irene Dunne before seeing this and sadly there are few of her films available on dvd. she seems to be a neglected star but very accomplished as a star of comedies, romances and musicals! She is one of the women who seem to get the better of grant. Personally I prefer her sparkling and witty in comedies. one of the best films I've ever seen i can watch it again and again. Although I am a huge doris day fan I prefer this to the remake with Day 'move over darling'.
MEH!
Review date: 2005-05-01 Rating: 6 out of 10
I like this film, but I have to admit that the remake by Doris Day and James Garner is much better in my opinion - but then I am a big fan of Doris! However, this is a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon in front of the TV.
A fast-paced film that will make you laugh throughout
Review date: 2005-04-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
The second of three pairings of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, this is my favourite. On the day she is pronounced dead, Irene Dunne comes back home after seven years in a deserted island - only to find out her husband (Cary Grant) has just remarried. Now all he has to do is tell is new wife and choose his favourite. A very funny and witty screwball comedy follows. Both players are at their best, in what is clear made to capitalise on their previous hit "The Awful Truth" and Garson Kanin (more famous for his screenplays for George Cukor) lets them do what they do so well. Sadly the DVD has no extras.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Randolph Scott
Cary Grant
Gail Patrick
Irene Dunne
Creators:
Cary Grant (Primary Contributor)
Irene Dunne (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582115017
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Black & White, PAL,
Release date: 2006-10-02
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 88 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1940
Language: English (Original Language)