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My Favorite Wife

Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.

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.

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Info about My Favorite Wife

Studio(s): RKO Radio Pictures

Originally Released: United States, May 17, 1940

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $2,057,000.00

Budget: $921,000.00

Genres:Comedy, Romance