My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife (1940)

The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!

  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1940-05-17
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 151 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Garson Kanin
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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.

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  • Irene Dunne

    as Ellen Wagstaff Arden

  • Cary Grant

    as Nick Arden

  • Gail Patrick

    as Bianca Bates

  • Randolph Scott

    as Steve Burkett

  • Ann Shoemaker

    as Ma

  • Scotty Beckett

    as Tim Arden

  • Mary Lou Harrington

    as Chinch Arden

  • Donald MacBride

    as Hotel Clerk

  • Hugh O'Connell

    as Johnson

  • Granville Bates

    as Judge Walter Bryson

  • Pedro de Cordoba

    as Dr. Kohlmar

  • Jean Acker

    as Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

  • Murray Alper

    as Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)

  • Leon Belasco

    as Waiter - Pacific Club Poolside (uncredited)

  • Joe Cabrillas

    as Phillip (uncredited)

  • Bill Cartledge

    as Page Boy Paging Burkett (uncredited)

  • Chester Clute

    as Shoe Salesman (uncredited)

  • Corky

    as Corky the Dog (uncredited)

  • Franco Corsaro

    as Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)

  • Florence Dudley

    as Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

  • Hal Gerard

    as Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)

  • Roque Guinart

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Earle Hodgins

    as Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

  • Edna Holland

    as Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)

  • Thelma Joel

    as Miss Rosenthal (uncredited)

  • Cy Kendall

    as Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)

  • Ellen Lowe

    as Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)

  • Margarita Martín

    as (uncredited)

  • Horace McMahon

    as Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

  • Sue Moore

    as Maid Drying Ellen's Clothes (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Clive Morgan

    as Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)

  • George Noisom

    as Page Boy Bringing Steve's Robe (uncredited)

  • Bob Reeves

    as Policeman Arresting Nick (uncredited)

  • Ronald R. Rondell

    as Bellboy #1 (uncredited)

  • Matty Roubert

    as Page Boy Paging Mr. Arden (uncredited)

  • Eli Schmudkler

    as Janitor (uncredited)

  • Pat West

    as Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)
Costume & Make-Up Howard Greer Costume Design
Art Mark-Lee Kirk Assistant Art Director
Sound John E. Tribby Sound Recordist
Writing Bella Spewack Screenplay
Directing Garson Kanin Director
Writing Sam Spewack Screenplay
Production Leo McCarey Producer
Writing Sam Spewack Original Story
Writing Bella Spewack Original Story
Writing Leo McCarey Original Story
Crew Garson Kanin Additional Writing
Costume & Make-Up Mel Berns Makeup Artist
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Sound Roy Webb Original Music Composer
Art Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Directing Ruby Rosenberg Assistant Director
Directing James H. Anderson Assistant Director
Editing Robert Wise Editor
Camera Rudolph Maté Director of Photography

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