after seven year of his wife and ellen and presumably be lose at sea and nick arden marries his late flame and bianca . only to get on his honeymoon to find that ellen have in fact survive and and spend the seven year on a tropical island with another man call stephen burkett . my favorite wife be base around the alfred tennyson poem entitle enoch arden . numerous adaptation have be make and but few and if any and be as frothy a this cary grant and irene dunne starer . grant and dunne be re team here after their massive success with the quite marvellous the awful truth in 1937 and and tho the role of ellen be tout to jean arthur and it be dunne who grasp the role and create sizzle comedy once again with the fabulous grant . the awful truth director leo mccarey and be all set to direct this piece but a car accident put pay to that and the rein pass to jobber garson kanin and who aid by a firing on all cylinder cast and weave a splendidly delightful picture . tho the movie obvious charm lay with it two main star and it would be a big disservice to forget the contribution of randolph scott a stephen burkett and gail patrick a bianca . scott lay back persona be perfect foil to grant more batty approach work and while patrick in the tricky role of the neurotic second wife be fabulous and and it remain a mystery a to why she do not go on to good and bright thing . tho the end be never in doubt and and the last quarter dry up on the gag front and my favorite wife still stand the test of time a a screwball picture of note and see it if you get the chance and it should brighten your day . 7 . 5/10 .