Grant and Dunne are good. With Ann Shoemaker, Donald MacBride (hotel receptionist) and Granville Bates (judge). Rudolph Maté is on camera. Roy Webb provides the music and Robert Wise edits. Therefore, it's from RKO.
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
My Favorite Wife (1940 Garson Kanin)
Leo McCarey is involved as producer and co-author of the original story with Bella and Sam Spewak, who scripted it. Film has its comic moments but is dogged too often by the 'just tell them' contrivance - Grant won't tell Gail Patrick he's already married to Irene Dunne, she doesn't want to disclose she's been on an island with Randolph Scott for seven years, Dunne doesn't want to tell the kids she's their mother - then they don't want to tell her they know...
Grant and Dunne are good. With Ann Shoemaker, Donald MacBride (hotel receptionist) and Granville Bates (judge). Rudolph Maté is on camera. Roy Webb provides the music and Robert Wise edits. Therefore, it's from RKO.
Grant and Dunne are good. With Ann Shoemaker, Donald MacBride (hotel receptionist) and Granville Bates (judge). Rudolph Maté is on camera. Roy Webb provides the music and Robert Wise edits. Therefore, it's from RKO.
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