My Favorite Wife (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Garson Kanin |
| Producer(s) | Leo McCarey (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Husband Wife, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Romance (Comic), Screwball Comedy |
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My Favorite Wife (1940) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Garson Kanin and produced by Leo McCarey.
The film was based on the poem Enoch Arden written by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson published in 1864.
Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Roy Webb | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Leo McCarey | Nominated |
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Silver Screen Standards: My Favorite Wife (1940)
By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 14, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub BlogMy Favorite Wife (1940) I?ve shown a lot of comedies to my lifetime learners over the years, but I?ve rarely heard an audience laugh as uproariously as they did during a recent screening of My Favorite Wife (1940), which we watched as part of a series featuring Cary Grant. The peals of laughter p... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 2, 2018 From Virtual ViragoMy Favorite Wife (1940) reunites stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant after their first pairing as a comedic couple in The Awful Truth (1937), and once again there's both love and trouble. Grant plays a husband flummoxed by the return of his supposedly dead first wife on the very day that he marries his... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)
By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 2, 2018 From Virtual ViragoMy Favorite Wife (1940) reunites stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant after their first pairing as a comedic couple in The Awful Truth (1937), and once again there's both love and trouble. Grant plays a husband flummoxed by the return of his supposedly dead first wife on the very day that he marries his... Read full article
The Cary Grant Blogathon: My Favorite Wife (1940)
By Annmarie Gatti on Dec 1, 2016 From Classic Movie Hub Blog?Make up your mind old man. You?re not allowed to have two wives, you know?? Like many Classic Movie fans, I just adore Cary Grant — and?I just adore about every film that he ever made in his 30+ year film career. He can play anything from suave, sophisticated and sexy — to befuddled, ne... Read full article
My Favorite Wife (1940)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 7, 2015 From 4 Star FilmsThis is a film that I arrived at by a rather roundabout route indeed. Let me explain. I genuinely loved Cary Grant and Irene Dunne’s chemistry in The Awful Truth, but I wanted to watch My Favorite Wife before moving onto their final film together Penny Serenade. Time passed and I found two oth... Read full article
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Quotes from
Nick Arden: The moment I saw you I knew...
Ellen Wagstaff Arden aka Eve: I bet you say that to all your wives.
Page Boy: Paging Mr. Burkett. Paging Mr. Burkett. Mr. Burkett...
Stephen Burkett: Right here son.
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Facts about
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 23, 1941 with Irene Dunne reprising her film role.
Second of three movies that paired Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.
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