My Favourite Wife (1940)
Having just remarried seven years after his wife (Irene Dunne) was seemingly lost in a shipwreck, Cary Grant and new wife Gail Patrick spot Dunne in the hotel. However Grant's confusion turns to jealousy when he finds out she was on a deserted island with the super athletic Randolph Scott for the whole seven years.
I went into this not remembering anything about it until the first scene of the film. Which is typical. From then on it all came back to me. My Favourite Wife is an outstanding comedy. It's wonderfully acted, especially by the mischievous Dunne (She would definitely be my favourite wife) and the script is sheer genius. I laughed out loud several times at both the witty dialogue and especially a tremendous sight gag when Grant sees Scott for the first time and then when he relives the event whilst on the phone in his office.
Almost as clever is the way the film doesn't play out quite like you might think.
Brilliant.
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