Year: 1940
Runtime: 88 mins
Language: English
Director: Garson Kanin
A whirlwind comedic tale of the quickest honeymoon on record. Years after Ellen Arden is presumed dead in a shipwreck, she miraculously returns, only to discover her husband has remarried. The shock deepens when he learns Ellen survived alone on an island with another man, turning their reunion into a chaotic, laugh‑filled mess.
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