My Favorite Wife (1940) (original) (raw)
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Original title
My Favorite Wife
Year
1940
Running time
88 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Romance. Comedy | Screwball comedy. Romantic Comedy
Synopsis
Ellen Wagstaff Arden (Irene Dunne), who had been declared legally dead after her disappearance seven years earlier in a shipwreck off the coast of Indochina, returns to reunite with her beloved husband Nick (Cary Grant). The problem is that he has just married Bianca (Gail Patrick). Ellen tries to get Nick back together with her before she sets off on her honeymoon trip. But the situation becomes even more complicated when Nick discovers that Ellen has spent seven years on a deserted island with Stephen Burkett (Randolph Scott), another survivor of the shipwreck.
Awards
1940: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Best Story, OST and Art Direction B&W
Critics' reviews
- "Lots of laughs for the first three-quarters of the film but then it peters out for the expected finale."
- "While it's pleasant enough, the freshness is definitely off the bloom."
- "A relatively formulaic (though beautifully produced) bedroom comedy"
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