Dug Up: My Favorite Wife vs, The Parent Trap

YouTuber, Countrygirltori24 helped me out big time with this one! In My Favorite Wife, Nick Arden (Cary Grant) does a crazy lean to catch a glance of his long lost wife as the elevator doors close. I immediately thought, "Haven't I seen that gag before?" Yep. In The Parent Trap. 


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"Oh, you Casanova, you."

Suite C is my favorite scene in the movie. Nick Arden discovers that his wife is alive while on his honeymoon. He rents Suite C for the "old" Mrs Arden so that they can talk things over. "Old" Mrs. Arden gives him a hard time about his new marriage and how he intends to break the news of her return to the "new" Mrs. Arden (in Suite B).

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Home Movie Advice from Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley's vintage movie short, Home Movies, can also be found under Special Features on Turner Home Entertainment's DVD release (June 1, 2004) of My Favorite Wife starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.

I had never heard of Robert Benchley until watching this short. I was surprised  to find that he was a noted humorist (he wrote essays, newspaper writings, and drama criticism) in addition to being a film actor.

"It took me 15 years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous." - Robert Benchley

Check out Wikipedia's write up on Benchley.

Have you read or watched any of Benchley's other works? Any suggestions?

"My Favorite Wife" Adapted for Radio

Check out the Screen Director's Playhouse radio version of My Favorite Wife (courtesy of Internet Archive). The 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie was broadcast on December 7, 1950 with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne reprising their film roles.

What do you think of  radio adaptation?

P.S.
This adaptation can also be found under Special Features on Turner Home Entertainment's DVD release (June 1, 2004) of My Favorite Wife starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.

Wednesdays with Cary Grant - My Favorite Wife

Actors: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick
Rated: Not Rated 
Production Studio: RKO Studios 
U.S. Movie Release Date: May 17, 1940 
DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
Run Time: 88 minutes
Color: Black and White
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Award Nominations:

• Best Black and White Art Direction (1940) - Mark-Lee Kirk
• Best Black and White Art Direction (1940) - Van Nest Polglase
• Best Original Score (1940) - Roy Webb
• Best Original Story (1940) - Leo McCarey*
• Best Original Story (1940) - Bella Spewack* 

*The story is contains an adaptation of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Enoch Arden. The screenplay's main characters' last name is Arden.