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Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
William Brisbane
- Lawyer
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
- Passenger at Airport
- (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Frank McLure
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
James Millican
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Larry Steers
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Jacques Vanaire
- Headwaiter
- (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
- Taxicab Driver
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaTwo endings were filmed, one in which Jean Arthur ends up staying with Melvyn Douglas and one in which she ends up with her first husband, Fred MacMurray.
- Quotes
Henry Lowndes: [to his secretary, Gertrude Houlihan] Have it mimeographed for the staff, the printer and the complete mailing list.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Alchemist in Hollywood (1940)
- SoundtracksMy Man
(Mon Homme)
Music by Maurice Yvain
French lyrics by Jacques Charles and Albert Willemetz
English lyrics by Channing Pollock
Featured review
Jean Arthur Is Worth Fighting For
I wasn't expecting much from this Jean Arthur comedy vehicle, and as a result, I was pleasantly surprised by it.
Arthur plays a woman married to the best friend of her dead husband, who's mighty surprised when her dead husband turns out not to be so dead after all. Now she's got two men fighting over her, a state of affairs she settles back to enjoy, much to the dismay of her father, played by that terrific character actor Harry Davenport.
Jean Arthur is absolutely adorable, even if she is a bit of a brat in this. You want to hug her even as you want to see her kicked in the seat of her pants. Fred MacMurray plays the back from the dead husband, while Melvyn Douglas plays the best friend. I felt MacMurray straining a bit at the screwball comedy antics he was asked to tackle, but Douglas navigates the material expertly and probably gives the film's best performance.
I will say that the film is utterly unpredictable -- I could not guess how it was going to turn out right up until its closing credits.
Grade: B
Arthur plays a woman married to the best friend of her dead husband, who's mighty surprised when her dead husband turns out not to be so dead after all. Now she's got two men fighting over her, a state of affairs she settles back to enjoy, much to the dismay of her father, played by that terrific character actor Harry Davenport.
Jean Arthur is absolutely adorable, even if she is a bit of a brat in this. You want to hug her even as you want to see her kicked in the seat of her pants. Fred MacMurray plays the back from the dead husband, while Melvyn Douglas plays the best friend. I felt MacMurray straining a bit at the screwball comedy antics he was asked to tackle, but Douglas navigates the material expertly and probably gives the film's best performance.
I will say that the film is utterly unpredictable -- I could not guess how it was going to turn out right up until its closing credits.
Grade: B
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- Also known as
- Wesley Ruggles' Too Many Husbands
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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