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My Favorite Wife

Year:

1940

Duration:

88 min | Germany:75 min (cut)

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Garson Kanin

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1940-05-17

Filming Locations: Ahwanee Hotel, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Scotty Beckett

Irene Dunne

Ellen

Cary Grant

Nick

Randolph Scott

Burkett

Gail Patrick

Bianca

Ann Shoemaker

Mary Lou Harrington

Chinch

Donald MacBride

Hotel Clerk

Hugh O'Connell

Johnson

Granville Bates

Judge

Pedro de Cordoba

Dr. Kohlmar

Jean Acker

Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

Murray Alper

Yosemite Bartender (uncredited)

Leon Belasco

Waiter - Pacific Club Poolside (uncredited)

Joe Cabrillas

Phillip (uncredited)

Bill Cartledge

Page Boy Paging Burkett (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Shoe Salesman

Corky

Corky the Dog (uncredited)

Franco Corsaro

Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)

Florence Dudley

Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)

Harold Gerard

Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)

Roque Guinart

Waiter (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson

Edna Holland

Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)

Thelma Joel

Miss Rosenthal - Nick's Legal Secretary (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)

Ellen Lowe

Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)

Margaret Martin

Minor Role (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

Truck Driver Giving Lift to Ellen (uncredited)

Sue Moore

Maid Drying Ellen's Clothes (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)

Clive Morgan

Postponed Case Lawyer (uncredited)

George Noisom

Page Boy Bringing Steve's Robe (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

Policeman Arresting Nick (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Bellboy #1 (uncredited)

Matty Roubert

Page Boy Paging Mr. Arden (uncredited)

Eli Schmudkler

Janitor (uncredited)

Pat West

Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The hotel in the mountains is clearly meant to be the AhWahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Its kitchen has won prizes and they serve an elaborate Christmas dinner, but it's expensive and you need to book about a year in advance.

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Several performers listed in studio records as being in this movie "My Favorite Wife (1940)" could not be seen. These were, with their character names if any: Joseph E. Bernard, Edward Emerson and Bruce MacFarlane (Reporters), Frank Marlowe (Photographer), Cyril Ring (Contestant), Brandon Tynan (Dr. Manning) and Frank Ellis.

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Leo McCarey was supposed to direct the film, but shortly before the filming began he was injured in an automobile accident, and had to hand over the direction to Garson Kanin. Actress Gail Patrick has stated that the severity of McCarey's injuries had an effect on the film company, and they found it very difficult to enter into the spirit of the comedy with the serious hospital bulletins they were hearing.

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Goofs

The judge mentioned that Ellen was shipwrecked off the coast of Indochina. Nick mentioned that he went to Bangkok to interview survivors which makes sense if the shipwreck happened near Indochina. However, Ellen mentioned that she was located at Latitude 12, Longitude 128 which is 200 miles east of the Philippines and more than 1000 miles away from the closest part of the Indochina peninsula (which would be Vietnam). The nearest large city to that location would be Manila and not Bangkok.

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When Ellen has her first hot shower 'in seven years', she's wearing a bathing cap, rather than wash her hair in the shower.

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When Nick first tries to sleep in the bed in the attic of the cabin, he pulls a toy cannon from under the bed and throws it across the room. When he does this, the doll on the night stand falls over. You can see the trip wire swinging behind Nick. In fact, the pin at the end of the wire lands on Nick's head.

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Quotes

Chinch: Are you a lady or a man?

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Judge Walter Bryson: I'd like to get home and tell my wife about this. She thinks all my cases are boring.

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Nick Arden: [discussing how to tell Tim and Chinch that Ellen is their mother] Would it help if I wrote them a letter?

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