My Favorite Wife with Irene Dunne: DVD Cover
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My Favorite Wife Director: Garson Kanin Cast: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/01/2004
  • Original Release: 1940
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 18,807

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Closed Caption; Vintage Robert Benchley short home movies; December 7, 1950 screen director's playhouse radio production starring Grant and Dunne; Theatrical trailer; Subtitles: English, Français & Español

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Credits [1:18]
2. One Wife to Another [4:11]
3. Lady Sailor [2:38]
4. How Was My Funeral? [4:04]
5. Familiar Face at Yosemite [5:05]
6. Calling Mr. Arden [4:05]
7. Party to An Intrigue [3:36]
8. Phony Phone Call [3:16]
9. A Little Awkward [3:34]
10. Friend of the Family [2:22]
11. Mighty Good Performances [4:16]
12. Almost Explaining [2:22]
13. Adam and Eve [3:06]
14. Adamant Over Adam [3:08]
15. The Athletic Mr. Burkett [2:44]
16. Being Burkett [5:26]
17. Poolside Trio [4:08]
18. Clothes for a Friend [4:39]
19. Legal Mulligan Stew [5:17]
20. What's Your Offer? [2:52]
21. Mother Enclosed [3:37]
22. About Time for Kisses [2:40]
23. Nick Draws the Attic [3:17]
24. Bedding Up and Down [2:22]
25. Early Christmas [3:12]
26. Cast List [:45]

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Editorial Reviews

Leo McCarey was supposed to both produce and direct My Favorite Wife, but an illness forced him to relinquish the director's chair to Garson Kanin, who did a splendid job. This hilarious retread of the old "Enoch Arden" legend stars Irene Dunne as Ellen, who returns home to her husband Nick (Cary Grant) and children Tim (Ann Shoemaker) and Chinch (Mary Lou Harrington) after being marooned on a desert island for seven years. Thing of it is, Ellen has been declared legally dead, and Nick has taken unto himself a second wife, the bitchy Bianca (Gail Patrick). Upon discovering that Ellen is still alive, Nick is on the verge of a tender reunion-until it discovers that she spent those seven lost years in the company of handsome Mr. Barkett (Randolph Scott). The superb supporting cast includes Granville Bates as a flummoxed judge, Chester Clute as a meek shoe salesman whom Ellen tries to pass off as Barkett, and Donald MacBride as a beetle-browed honeymoon-hotel clerk. My Favorite Wife was remade in 1963 as Move Over Darling, in which Irene Dunne and Cary Grant were replaced by Doris Day and James Garner. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Enjoyable and Fun!by DebdoNM

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February 10, 2009: I love old Movies and My Favorite Wife was another great movie added to my favorites collection! Two Gorgeous Men Like Cary Grant and Randolf Scott, how can you miss! Irene Dunne is beautiful,and funny!
This is one of those classics you can watch again and again!

I Also Recommend: Libeled Lady, The Complete Thin Man Collection, The Philadelphia Story, That Touch of Mink, L'Impossible Monsieur Bebe.

Great!by Anonymous

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March 15, 2006: This is one of my favorite Cary Grant movies and my favorite of the Movies that Cary made with Irene Dunne. They are both wonderful actors and this is a very funny movie with witty dialogue. There is a color remake of this movie from the 1960's called Move Over Darling and starring Doris Day and James Garner and it is a very good, very cute movie but my favorite is this original black and white Grant/Dunne version.


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