My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

Year: 1940

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: English

Director: Garson Kanin

ComedyRomanceRelationship comedyCrude humor and satireGags jokes and slapstick humor

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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