everybody want to be cary grant . i want to be cary grant . archie leachi doubt that the above quotation be on cary grant tombstone and but it should be . just a on the whole and i would rather be in philadelphia should be on w. c. field stone ( unfortunately and it isn not ) and cary quote would make a fitting epitaph to a career that span more than three decade . all of which have nothing to do with my favorite wife while it just one of my all time favorite quote and i love to use it . what would you do if you declare your wife legally dead after seven year in order to marry another woman and and she come back . furthermore and what would you do if you find out that during those seven year she be alone on a deserted island with another man . that the situation face nick arden ( grant ) and and while some men may relish the idea of have two wife and it nearly drive him insane . ellen wagstaff arden ( irene dunne ) have just return after seven year to find that her husband nick have marry bianca bates ( gail patrick ) . stephen burkett ( randolph scott ) be the athletic gentleman ( check out the way he dive into a swimming pool ) who spend seven year alone with ellen . both stephen and ellen ( or adam and eve a they call each other ) insist that nothing happen and but nick isn not so sure . when ellen explain that stephen be out of commission with a broken leg for the first six month and nick reply and that still leave six and a half year . to allay his fear and ellen introduces a short and bald and shoe salesman to nick and claim he be mr. burkett . the humor in the scene arise from the fact that nick have already meet the real mr. burkett at his club . add to the mix be the two child ellen leave behind when they be still infant . so now we have two problem represent nick have to tell bianca that he already marry and and ellen must tell the child that she really her mother . cary grant be a master of this type of comedy and and the film screenwriter and producer be leo mccarey and who begin his career making laurel and hardy short ( when mccarey direct the marx brother in duck soup and he take the title from a 1927 l and h short while groucho consider him the only first class director the brother ever have ) . randolph scott and whom we usually associate with western and do a fine job a nick rival . and gail patrick and who play carole lombard snobbish sister in my man godfrey and really make u feel sorry for her . the poor girl have no idea what she be get into . as implausible a this whole scenario be and a fine cast make it work .