

My Favorite Wife(1940)
"The funniest, fastest honeymoon ever screened!"
Overview
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
Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Cary Grant
Nick Arden

Gail Patrick
Bianca Bates

Randolph Scott
Steve Burkett

Ann Shoemaker
Ma

Scotty Beckett
Tim Arden
Mary Lou Harrington
Chinch Arden

Donald MacBride
Hotel Clerk

Hugh O'Connell
Johnson

Granville Bates
Judge Walter Bryson

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 (uncredited)
Corky
Corky the Dog (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro
Waiter Bringing Wine (uncredited)

Florence Dudley
Postponed Case Witness (uncredited)
Hal Gerard
Assistant Court Clerk (uncredited)
Roque Guinart
Waiter (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins
Court Clerk Beside Judge Bryson (uncredited)

Edna Holland
Johnny Weissmuller Inquirer (uncredited)
Thelma Joel
Miss Rosenthal (uncredited)

Cy Kendall
Police Detective Arresting Nick (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe
Weissmuller Inquirer's Companion (uncredited)
Margarita Martín
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)

Donald Kerr
Poolside Waiter (uncredited)
Max Linder
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Nick's Lawyer (uncredited)

Russell Wade
Bellhop (uncredited)
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