My Favorite Wife (1940)
A classic screwball comedy that isn't as fast talking as some but still achieves laughs, mainly via Cary Grant's reaction to events which take place. It's Irene Dunne who steals the film though with an absolutely charming performance.
Despite the fact we are rooting for Grant to get back with Dunne - his once thought lost wife who ended up stuck on a desert island for seven years - it's worth sparing a thought for Gail Patrick as Grant's newly wed wife. She's easily dismissed in the script to make way for Dunne when in fact she has actually done nothing wrong in the eyes of the audience, it's the script writers who conveniently change her character to alienate her rather than give her a proper storyline making it feel a bit awkward.
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