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My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy that tells the story of Ellen Wagstaff Arden (Irene Dunne), a young woman who returns home after being stranded on a tropical island for seven years only to discover that that very afternoon her beloved husband Nick (Cary Grant) has had her declared legally dead. Making matters worse, Nick is planning to marry the high strung Bianca (Gail Patrick). Ellen reaches Rick just before he embarks on his honeymoon. Further complications ensue when Nick discovers that the virile Stephen Beckett (Randolph Scott, Grant's longtime housemate in real life) was alone with Ellen on the island all those years.

The story of My Favorite Wife was chosen by 20th Century Fox for a 1962 remake starring Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin under the working title of Something's Got to Give, which was to be directed by George Cukor. There were problems from the beginning, most of which centered around Monroe's failure to make her shooting schedule. Monroe was released and Martin backed out when the studio attempted to recast the role. Following Monroe's death in August of 1962, Doris Day and James Garner were cast; the inferior version debuted in 1963 as Move Over, Darling.

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