cary grant and irene dunne be great together and and though my favorite wife be not as funny a the awful truth and it still pretty good . ellen and lose at sea and presume dead and return after 7 year to find her husband nick have remarry . she go to his honeymoon hotel and which be a setup for one of grant best bit he see her a the elevator be close and his head follow the door until it close . however and he can not seem to tell his bride bianca ( gail patrick ) . then he find out that ellen wasn not alone on the island but spend the 7 year with one stephen burkett . in another funny scene and ellen get a sheepish and short and bald shoe salesman to pose a burkett . nick have track the real burkett down and and stephen look a lot more like randolph scott than the shoe salesman . in fact and he play by randolph scott . grant be his usual riot and extremely handsome . he spend a lot of time talk to himself a he act out what he go to say to bianca . also and a in bring up baby and i be a male war bride and he get to do something with woman clothe this time stand in front a mirror and try to figure out what to bring ellen to wear . dunne be very funny and pose a a southern friend when she meet bianca and and also be quite touch when she first see her child . the only problem be that it all get a little tired and particularly at the end with a prolonged scene have to do with grant in the attic . a others have point out and the script have some hole and particularly the fact that a woman return after 7 year get no publicity . and poor bianca come off like a villain when she a victim . go figure . as amusing a my favorite wife be and it could have be well . nevertheless and with these star and it a delightful film and and some of the funny scene take place in the courtroom . the judge and play by granville bates and be hilarious and a good example of no small part . he sure make the most of his role .