This has an excellent cast. It begins well. And it's not by any means terrible.
It seems forced after a while, though. We get the idea way before it's been resolved.
My objection is not based on the movie's similarity to the more familiar "My Favorite Wife." Much as I love Irene Dunne and like Cary Grant, and love them in "The Awful Truth," that movie has always seemed mean and smug to me.
Jean Arthur looks pretty in "Too Many Husband" but she doesn't exactly have the usual Jean Arthur charm. At least I didn't find her to. Fred MacMurray is fine as her jock first husband. And this sort of chic comedy was catnip to the always charming Melvyn Douglas.
Harry Davenport contributes a whole lot, too. He plays Arthur's father. It's clear that he loves her and likes both men but has no patience for anyone's dawdling or neuroses.
It's a decent movie but if it's your first exposure to Jean Arthur, by all means give her some more tries. "The More The Merrier," of course, is sublime. I haven't seen "Easy Living" in ages but remember it as a joy. And she is very charming in "History Is Made At Night" -- as well as in many, many movies spanning several decades.
It's so great to have her back on the small screen!
It seems forced after a while, though. We get the idea way before it's been resolved.
My objection is not based on the movie's similarity to the more familiar "My Favorite Wife." Much as I love Irene Dunne and like Cary Grant, and love them in "The Awful Truth," that movie has always seemed mean and smug to me.
Jean Arthur looks pretty in "Too Many Husband" but she doesn't exactly have the usual Jean Arthur charm. At least I didn't find her to. Fred MacMurray is fine as her jock first husband. And this sort of chic comedy was catnip to the always charming Melvyn Douglas.
Harry Davenport contributes a whole lot, too. He plays Arthur's father. It's clear that he loves her and likes both men but has no patience for anyone's dawdling or neuroses.
It's a decent movie but if it's your first exposure to Jean Arthur, by all means give her some more tries. "The More The Merrier," of course, is sublime. I haven't seen "Easy Living" in ages but remember it as a joy. And she is very charming in "History Is Made At Night" -- as well as in many, many movies spanning several decades.
It's so great to have her back on the small screen!