businessman wife and widow for one year before marry her deceased husband best friend and find out her first husband be still alive while he be believe by the coast guard to have drown after the sinking of his ship and but instead be rescue off an island . although base upon a play ( by w. somerset maugham . ) and too many husband now resemble cary grant 1940 comedy my favorite wife with a sex switch ( this film actually beat wife into theater by a scant two month and but be not a popular ) . jean arthur be enjoyable and a always and but her choice of men be rather depressing and and there isn not any fun in her predicament when the hubby be this selfish and childish . fred macmurray return spouse come on like an overgrown boy scout ( and the actor smug condescension towards everyone else on screen be rather off put ) while melvyn douglas be a smooth fit for arthur and but he be direct to be boorish and with lot of heavy sigh and eyeball roll ( it clear whom we in the audience be suppose to root for ) . disgruntle character harp on one another isn not usually the stuff of laugh out loud comedy and and this one pall with an hour leave to go . from .