My Favorite Wife Page #5

Synopsis: Ellen Arden arrives 7 years after being given up for dead in a shipwreck, to find her husband Nick just remarried to Bianca. The overjoyed Nick awkwardly tries to break the news gently to Bianca. But before he can do that, an unpleasant surprise--news that Ellen has spent the 7 years on a deserted island with fellow-survivor Burkett. Nick's jealousy tries to find out the truth. Hilarious confusion reigns before Nick chooses his favorite wife.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Garson Kanin
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
1940
88 min
443 Views


- No hard feelings?

- No, no, no.

Relax.

Nick, is that you?

I'll be right out, darling.

Nick?

You remember when we first arrived?

And I got in the elevator, and the door

was closing like that? Well, that's when...

Well, that's when I first noticed it, Bianca.

Now, Bianca, this is the situation.

Now, this hurts me more than it hurts you.

Oh, that's no good.

Start all over again.

Now, Bianca...

Now, Bianca, this is the situation.

Something's come up. My wife. Yeah.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

This is the situation.

Something's come up. My wife.

There are children to consider.

Mother love and all that.

Even a tiger fights for its young.

Yeah, that's good.

There's something between

two married people...

...you don't get between

two unmarried people, Bianca.

Now, be big. Be brave.

You will, Bianca? Fine.

Can I use your phone?

Hello? Give me Mrs. Arden

in suite C, please.

Something's come up. My wife.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

- Mrs. Arden? There's a call for you.

- For me?

Yes, ma'am. This way, please.

Something's come up. My wife.

Truth is strange to the fiction.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Stranger than fiction.

This is the situation.

Something's come up. My wife...

- Hello?

- Oh, hello? Hello? Bianca.

This is the situation. This hurts me more

than you. No. Something's come up.

- Why don't you come up?

- No. I mean, I can't.

- Why not?

- Well, I'm... I'm in Carmel.

- Carmel?

- Yes, I'm flying.

That client of mine in San Francisco,

I should have told you...

...but he said to come quickly.

Life or death.

- You might have told me before you left.

- I can't hear you. I...

- I'm not staying here alone.

- See, propellers. Propellers.

You come back here.

You tell your client he'll have to wait.

Propellers, see? Propellers, see?

Take the first plane back!

What? No. I've gotta run.

Gotta run, gotta run.

We're taking off. I've gotta run.

I've gotta run. Goodbye!

- Oh, boy, we went to the planetarium.

- Look what I got. We had candy.

That's wonderful. Run along upstairs.

Tell me about it later.

- We went to the zoo too.

- Did you?

I'm exhausted.

Well, did you tell them who you are?

No. I came pretty close to it

once or twice.

Oh, Ellen.

Well, you can't expect me to play a tender

scene in front of the elephants, can you?

- Did you hear from Nick?

- No. Not a word. It's funny.

Not to me.

Suppose he's having trouble telling her?

Well, he's had a night and a day.

That ought to be long enough.

Yes, that's just it. It's too long.

Don't you think you owe me

an explanation?

Yes, I do.

Well?

When we get home.

...his father's cherry tree

And when his father came to see

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