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NOT MY FAVORITE MOVIE...
This early nineteen forties film is a romantic and comedic farce. It centers around a married couple in which the wife was believed lost at sea and presumed dead. It turned out that she was marooned for seven years on a desert island with another man until finally rescued inadvertently. She arrives home on the morning in which her lawyer husband has had her declared dead and remarried another woman. Let the games begin!

Irene Dunne and Gary Grant are the star crossed couple who find each other again. Cary Grant is excellent, while Ms. Dunne, who is usually sensational, palls a bit in her role, in part due to her difficulty in deciding what accent she should use when reciting her lines. She is still quite good in her role, however, due to her innate ability to charm the viewer. Gail Patrick is excellent as the second wife, giving an icy hauteur to her character. Randolph Scott is terrific as the hunky man with whom Irene Dunne was marooned. Ann Shoemaker is very good as the mother-in-law who warmly welcomes Irene Dunne back into the fold. Look for two absolutely marvelous performance by old time character actors, Donald MacBride, as the confused and outraged hotel manager, and Granville Bates, as the drolly funny judge. They practically steal the show.

The movie has its moments and can be quite funny, at times. The funniest moment is the pool scene in which Cary Grant views his rival for the first time. His reaction to his rival's attractiveness and athleticism at the pool is quite priceless. At other times, the scenes seem a bit forced. While this is not a bad vintage, screwball comedy, it is not the best. There are better ones out there, though those who enjoy vintage films should enjoy this one. ...

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A Classic That Should Be on DVD!
My favorite wife is a wonderful movie and Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are fantastic. Irene Dunne plays a woman named Ellen who was presumed dead after an accident at sea. It's 7 years later and her husband played by Cary Grant has her legally declared dead and then he gets married to Bianca who is a snobby high society woman and very whiney and annoying but unbeknownst to him first wife Ellen has been rescued from an Island where she and another man have been marooned for the past 7 years and she has just shown up at their house sees their children who were very young when she disappeared and finds out from his mother that he has just gotten remarried to a woman she is not to fond of, and since Ellen isn't really dead she sets out to let her husband know that she is alive and that they belong together and there are a lot more interesting twists in the plot too that make it even funnier. The movie was remade in the 1960's as Move Over Darling, starring James Garner and Doris Day, it was a very good movie but not as good as the original, but it's still worth watching and it's worth having both movies in your video collection but personally I think both movies should be released on DVD but especially My Favorite Wife.

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I just love Carey Grant
Movies today just seem to a lot of "In your face" action, that is one of reasons that I so much enjoy older movies like "My Favorite Wife" with Carey Grant and Irene Dunne.
Lawyer Nick Arden (Carey Grant) is man with a serious problem. On the day that his first wife Ellen (Irene Dunne) was declared dead and he get remarried to Bianca (Gail Patrick), Ellen shows up a live and well after being stuck on a south pacific island for the last seven years. Needless to say comedy happens as Ellen tries to reclaim her husband and family.
Some viewers will relize that "Move over Darling" with Doris Day and James Garner is a remake of "My Favorite Wife" but let assure you "My Favorite Wife" is much better due the acting of both Dunne and Grant and should not be missed.