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My Favorite Wife
film by Kanin [1940]
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cinematography by Maté
- In Rudolph Maté
Dallas (1937), Love Affair (1939), My Favorite Wife (1940), and Gilda (1946).
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discussed in biography
- In Garson Kanin: Film directing
…1940 Kanin directed the comedy My Favorite Wife. The madcap farce marked the second screen pairing of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, who gave memorable performances as a couple reunited when the wife is rescued after having been marooned for seven years on an island. Although My Favorite Wife was…
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McCarey
- In Leo McCarey: Middle years
…also cowrote the story for My Favorite Wife (1940), with Grant and Dunne. He was slated to direct it, but a near-fatal car crash forced him to hand the reins over to Garson Kanin, who turned it into a comic classic and one of 1940’s highest-grossing films.
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