Cary Grant and Irene Dunne star in this nice little romantic comedy. They are both good in the film and Grant has a few nice moments. He was a great comedic actor and not afraid to make fun of himself or put himself in some pretty silly situations in this film and others. Randolph Scott (Grant's real-life room mate when they were getting started in the business) is pretty good too as a vegetarian Tarzan who has spent 7 years on a deserted island with Grant's wife Dunne. She shows up the day Grant has her declared legally dead and marries the tempting but vapid Bianca (Gail Patrick). The funniest moments are provided in the courtroom with Granville Bates as the bewildered judge who tries to make sense of the comic situation, and in a hotel with Donald MacBride as the hotel clerk, dismayed and in awe of Grant at the same time, trying to juggle his new bride and his wife in two different suites. Ordinary people would not resolve the situations in this movie the way it plays out, but then it wouldn't have been much of a movie or as much fun if they had.
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