My favorite wife [videorecording] / an RKO Radio Picture ; a Leo McCarey production ; original story by Bella & Samuel Spewack and Leo McCarey ; written for the screen by Bella & Samuel Spewack ; directed by Garson Kanin.
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FilmPublisher number: T6749 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: [United States] : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2004.Edition: Standard versionDescription: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780646681
- 9780780646681
- Musical score, Roy Webb ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; gowns by Howard Greer ; set decorations by Darrell Silvera ; recorded by John E. Tribby ; edited by Robert Wise ; assistant directors, James H. Anderson, Ruby Rosenberg.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
Also issued as part of the Cary Grant the signature collection.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
Special features: "Home movies" vintage actor Robert Benchley short film (MGM, 1939, ca. 7 min.); December 7, 1950 Screen Director's Playhouse Radio Production with Irene Dunne; Theatrical trailer.
Musical score, Roy Webb ; director of photography, Rudolph Maté ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; gowns by Howard Greer ; set decorations by Darrell Silvera ; recorded by John E. Tribby ; edited by Robert Wise ; assistant directors, James H. Anderson, Ruby Rosenberg.
Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Scotty Beckett, Mary Lou Harrington, Donald MacBride, Hugh O'Connell, Granville Bates, Pedro de Cordoba.
A funny thing happens to Nick on his way to his honeymoon suite. He meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife that was lost at sea seven years ago and presumed dead.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; standard full screen presentation preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby Digital mono.
In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.