Me too. At age 57, I've observed American stupidity gaining unbearable ground. I can control what I watch, and black and white comprises the vast majority.
Lots of amazing lines in this movie! I wasn't expecting much I just landed on an old movie on Turner Classic Movies.- just one that was a comedy & it didn't disappoint!
Oh I love all of these actors. Fred MacMurray is certainly top notch as a comedic actor, his timing is flawless and so is Melvyn Douglas and Jean Arthur, and don't forget about Dad, he was awesome too. These movies are timeless and classic forever. Thank you CZcams.
It took me until after watching the movie to realize who the father really was. Harry Davenport. He had a similar - old fashioned man wanting to make things right with common sense, but had humorous wisecracks- in another movie "Bride came C.O.D." with Betty Davis and James Cagney
@@mysecondemailatlI'm watching this movie right now and thank you for telling us about it, Bride Came COD. Bette Davis is my favorite actress and Jimmy Cagney is my favorite actor. Looking forward to watching it. Thanks again for the info.✌️❤️🇺🇸
I love Jean Arthur.She is an excellent Comedic actress.Their are so many funny Lines.The guys are fantastic too with the sarcastic humour.I love papa Daddy
Stunning, right?! God created ONLY human beings known as a Man & a Woman! THEY KNEW how to ENJOY & BEAUTIFULLY express being what God made them (us)! ❤️I sometimes daydream living in those days & now love to collect clothing & jewelry from those days to show how much I ENJOY the differences! 💃
Yep! Nowadays, we cannot seem to get out of our athletic wear, even to go out for dinner? Why? For comfort! To remind ourselves that we just went to the gym, or must do so again tomorrow??
I just love her, in the more the merrier and The Devil in Miss Jones are my favoritesof her movies . Her and Charles Coburn together just tickle my heart! I've been waiting for all 3 of these movies to come on TCM for the year and ½ I've been at my parents, which I definitely thought would be on! Disappointed! Dying to watch them again. Does anyone know Channel or station that would be showing black and white movies besides Turner Classic Movies? I used to watch CZcams movies but I don't have enough data and no internet so my great days of watching Black and White on my phone and the tablet are over. I've watched so nanny and this little screens it's okay it was always worth squinting my eyes for LOL Jean Arthur✨ 1 of the greatest 🎬📽 😍❤🤗
Ah, what a wonderful movie! I'm not normally a big fan of comedies and prefer dramas, but thoroughly enjoyed this comedy! Superb acting and so glad I watched it. Also glad that it was presented in black and white and not colorized.
Welcome to the club, Suzanne. . I am 62. I watched enough drama in movies and around in life. . For long time now that I enjoy naive silly comedy. Give me just joie de vivre.
Each of these actors is in one of my favorite movies, probably among my top five: Fred Macmurray in Double Indemnity; Melvin Douglas in Ninotchka, and Jean Arthur in my favorite movie of all movies Only Angels Have Wings directed by my favorite director Howard Hawks.
Loved Jean Arthur and Fred MacMurray. The old movies are the so enjoyable. They both had appealing voices and were talented and entertaining. Funny seeing Fred with all that hair. Did he ever make a bad film? Enjoyable film and thank you for uploading it.
Quirky, but enjoyable little film. Any movie where I get to catch even a small glimpse of Edgar Buchanan is always worth my time. He was one of my favorites and very under appreciated. I never saw him turn in a bad performance , I'll never forget him in Penny Serenade as Applejack. Top notch acting.
I have never heard such a thing! As far as I have ever known, EB was always the hold your nose & look way time in any movie or tv show. I always watch shows in spite of him being in it. I used to wonder how he continued to “have something” ON someone in of the movies he got a job on. HOW could he possibly be anyone’s favorite?
What a delightful movie!! Fred MacMurray is hilarious and really makes this movie a gem. Loved him also in "Family Honeymoon", "An Innocent Affair", "Murder He Said" and "The Egg And I". A truly remarkable and versatile actor whether in a comedy or a serious role like "Double Indemnity" or "The Caine Mutiny". Though his comedies will always be my favorite!
A very amusing screwball comedy well acted by the three main characters. I liked the scene where Douglas and MacMurray shared their athletic skill of jumping over stuffed chairs. This reminded me of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes climbing over the couch just to answer the door in the episode entitled The Red Headed League. 🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎
Two months later My Favorite Wife came out with Cary Grant and Irene Dunn. She was missing and presumed dead for 7 years. This seems to happen a lot in Hollywood-a plot theme getting made in two or versions at different studios. Think Friends with Benefits, Big, etc.
Yeahh! There's a remake of my favourite wife too, with Doris Day & James Garner- Move Over, Darling and another unfinished one with Marilyn Monroe & Dean Martin... I guess these were quite popular plots so they remade them some years later with a new cast!
My Favourite Wife with Irene Dunn and Cary Grant was also released in 1940 and it's the same story line except Irene Dunn was the one who was lost at sea. In MFW, Irene and Cary had 2 children, and the wife had been missing for 7 yrs, making it the better story. Of the two, as much as I like the actors in Too Many Husbands, the movie with Irene and Cary was superb.
I agree that My Favorite Wife had a better story, but Too Many Husbands was much better in one respect: the close friendship between the competing husbands, and equally loved by the one wife, while the second wife in My Favorite Wife had a really raw deal.
Fred MacMurray looks and behaves so much ahead of his time. His looks and mannerism are that of a person from the early 1960s rather than the early 1940s. If I was Vicky (Jean) I would have no difficulty choosing my preferred husband; and the logic would be like: "See, my second marriage was kind of based upon the presumed demise of Bill, but the presumption was false, so this also makes my second marriage a false step/a mistake." [LOTS OF LOVE FROM INDIA 💚]
24:49 Smartest thing said in this wonderful movie. "It's late and we're all upset, tired, the only thing to do is to go to bed and get a good night's sleep so we can face this problem tomorrow with clear minds."
"I'll show you who's dead!" some great lines in this movie. Fred MacMurray was so under-rated as a comic actor. His timing and expression was excellent! So many of us remember him from that lame TV show, "My Three Sons" it's too bad. Great movie, Jean Arthur was fine too, thanks for sharing.
@@David53D No, you might be 😜 We watched 'My Three Sons' because the other options were: Lawrence Welk, Don Ameci, and The Mickey Mouse Club. It was dopey and moralistic and Fred MacMurray played the quintessential milquetoast!
@@lisalamphier1410 I tried to watch that yesterday on your recommend...couldn't do it, felt SO SORRY for Jack Lemon "buddy-boy". I recall I didn't make it through last time I tried either for the same reason.
I know how the secretary feels , I've been in love with Jean Arthur forever! When I saw her husband in The Barber chair I thought it was Saturday Night Live sketch. In a way they were the greatest actors of all times. It's not that they don't make movies like this anymore, it's they can't make movies like this anymore. I still love my black and white movies, can't wait till they come to the new drive-in theaters?!
"Hi, Y'all ! What a sweet film. Please watch closely from around 45 min's , to see Fred do some amazing jumps.And his smug expression, to irritate Henry is very good. And Jean's anxiety about them both trying to outdo each other, she's going " Oh, Oh, ....Oh ! " . So well done throughout.
Great film..thanks. This came out the same year as "My Favorite Wife" with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne...where Dunne, the 1st wife was lost at sea, presumed dead, and then comes back to find her husband re-married. That film premise was remade in the 60's as "Move Over Darling" with Doris Day and James Garner. "Something's Got To Give"..same premise was in pre-production, with Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin in the 1950's, when Monroe was fired, just before she died.
I totally this!!! But I did see a sad disturbing film starting my 3 son's fave, McMurray. It was titled " pushover ". With Kim Novak & an old female star of the old "Peyton place". It showed much versatility of McMurray. He was the bad cop and went dirty and died for it! Still a shocker to me, however emulates true actin. I too also agree, I would Haven given one to the secretary and kept the one of my choice !!!!!!!!
Katherine Hogan Thank you for the interesting and surprising information about the movie in which Murray played a bad guy, and even died! At the time, little did anyone know the importance of that role. It would be one of the (I think) few movies that portrayed him in what would turn out to be an untypecast role. Have you seen him in, "Double Indemnity," with Barbara Stanwick? He was absolutely fantastic! It, too, showed his character as a man who was passionate and caring in some parts and a ruthless killer in the others. He began as a run-of-the-mill life insurance salesman, and shockinbly, changed into a man who was anything but, run-of-the-mill. I don't want to tell you anything more about the movie, in case you haven't seen it. If not, I highly recommend seeing it. I'm sure you'd find it engrossing. It might be on CZcams. It's a true classic, so maybe it will be easy to find somewhere. At any rate, Fred McMurray filled my childhood, (I was born in 1957), with many humorous and memorable movies, and television shows. He was unique, talented, and amazing! (Pretty good-looking, too! 😉). I will see if "Pushover" is on CZcams. I don't remember having seen it. Take care. 😀
A very amusing screwball comedy well acted by the three main characters. One of the supporting actors was Edgar Buchanan who starred on "Petticoat Junction" with Bea Benedere. I loved the "athletic scene" where both Douglas and McMurray were jumping over the stuffed chairs. This reminded me of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes climbing over the couch just to answer the door in The Red Headed League. 🔎🔍
I love the suit that Jean Arthur is wearing when this movie starts. But the credits don't say who designed it or the other great clothes she wears. Sigh.
Melvin Douglas? Who could say “no” to him ?! He and William Powell were always my secret crushes. I thought I was born in the wrong generation, until just recently. Now I think God doesn’t make mistakes !
This type of story has been told in many ways & various combinations, two husbands, two wives every decade or so. Somehow someone always ends up on a deserted island.
TO : bolotabr12 ; Are you looking for a husband ? I am looking for a wife.. Might you be interested in discussing any shared potential which there might be for us ? Be well. Thank you very much. --BJNG (Brian).
@@Charlienmeg ARE YOU A MALE OR A FEMALE ? I AM LOOKING FOR A FEMALE. YOU WROTE TO ME THAT YOU HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE" TO ME AND TO MY OWN SEARCH ? OR DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE ? OR MAYBE EVEN TO SOMETHING ELSE ? KINDLY ANSWER SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BE WELL. ---BJNG.
@@Charlienmeg ARE YOU A MALE OR A FEMALE ? I AM LOOKING FOR A FEMALE. YOU WROTE TO ME THAT YOU HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE" TO ME AND TO MY OWN SEARCH ? OR DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE ? OR MAYBE EVEN TO SOMETHING ELSE ? KINDLY ANSWER SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BE WELL. ---BJNG.
@@Charlienmeg seems like...everybody needs somebody but fear of crazy people on the media takes precedence! . Well .I hope those two people had met someone to make happy and to make them hay. . Vive l'amour.
Melvin Douglas was more of a dramatic actor this was a few times he did comedy. Fred McMurray can do both very well. In most of his movies he did comedy mainly. They both had long careers. Melvin Douglas was the quintessential actor winning the triple crown of acting. Winning the academy award and nominated several times for the academy award. He did many Broadway plays and television with accolades.
@@flyteoffancy yeah he was fantastic in that great movie. In my opinion he was great doing comedies too. He did another really good with Rosalind Russell (this thing called love)
The film is one of the many variations that there will be under the name of "My Favorite Wife", "Move Over Darling", and in France "Aux Deux Colombes" or "La Cuisine au Beurre". Once it's the woman we thought dead who comes back, the other time it's the husband ... It's always a funny, very funny situation, thanks above all to old Harry Davenport. When we adore Jane Arthur, and her little girlish voice, as I do, we complain her for having to choose between Melvyn Leroy and Fred McMurray. Talk about a duo of seducers ! But it's a matter of taste, entirely personnal, of course. Anyway, thanks for sharing this film in a really good copy. It was a great time,.
Thank for posting this movie. Never seen any other Jean Arthur Movies other than my all time favourite Shane (1953) , Mr.Smith Goes To Washington and You Can't Take it With You. I great actress and nice to see her in a comedy too. So it's nice to see her in other roles
I think she was great in everything, be it Easy Living with Ray Milland, Only Angels have Wings and Talk of the Town with Cary Grant, Mr. Deed goes to Town with Gary Cooper, Mr Smith goes to Washington with James Stewart, The More is merrier with Joel and many more. She had great career in Hollywood and I just adored her.
@24:35 "If you call her a widow, that proves that even YOU thought you were dead!" Three of my favorites in one film: Melvyn Douglas (Ninotchka etc.), Jean Arthur (A Foreign Affair etc.), and Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity etc.). What more could one want? So, many thanks for the upload. (Curious as to the dénouement the script writers came up with. Design-for-Living-like? Philadelphia-Story-like?)
HAHA two roosters in the hen house in a nutshell What a goofy, corny, movie! Doctor Mead was even in it. Loved every minute of it. Thanks so much for this! Where has this been all my life?
Three married couples under one roof. Each behaving like children. Love is the common factor, and there's no room for a dividend. This is so-o-o good! A wholesome and proper classic...love it! 🎥💋
Harry Davenport (George / the dad) was my favorite part of this movie , Melvyn Douglas had some funny moments too …otherwise this movie was so so. But I thought Vicky being so indecisive was a refreshing plot twist. I also liked Jean Arthur’s outfits … for me her best movie is “The More the Merrier “ .
Actually, they did a remake in 2000 called 'Cast Away', starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. He too is eventually rescued and returns home to find his wife is remarried.
Love these old movies what a wonderful escape from the craziness going on in the world rn.Watch The Crystal Ball...The Strange Woman and Back Street...what great movies.🥰
I just now recognize Uncle Joe from p. Junction. And the father role of Ms. Arthur, played by the white haired man started as the father in "my little Margie". I recall seeing it with my grandfather. To think I was but only 8 yrs.., when Fred McMurray played my 3 sons. Melvin Douglas so funny with Loretta Young and Carey Grant in "Mr. Blandings". Jean Arthur always so regal in the airport scene and looking at River with Fred. Thanks for these wonderful films !!!!!🤣
@@katherinehogan578 I still watch My Three Sons in the morning , love that show and Fred MacMurray was really a cute guy back in his heyday. just recorded mr. Blandings builds his dream house that's one of my all-time favorites of Cary Grant's well all of his are my favorites cuz I can't get enough of him, Dead or Alive gay straight bisexual whatever the hell he was he will always be the man of my dreams yummy 💓💓💓💞💕💗and Jean Arthur always great
Sometimes I watch old movies just to hear people use proper grammar. How refreshing!
It is never too late to see a fantastic old movie... I am SO happy this one showed up on my page ✨I hope you will watch this little gem too !!✨
I ONLY watch OLD MOVIES! They are soooo good!! Fantastic actors and actresses....fantastic script...Wonderful plots and amazing wardrope!
Too me.. i watch often old films, they are so genuine and well made with suberb actors..🙂🙂
Me too. At age 57, I've observed American stupidity gaining unbearable ground. I can control what I watch, and black and white comprises the vast majority.
Me, too. I can't get enough.
Same here 😊
I loveeee their fashion
Can't go wrong with all classic black and white films or Melvyn Douglas.
"If you called her a widow, that proves that even YOU thought you were dead." OMG what an amazing line! LOL
Lots of amazing lines in this movie!
I wasn't expecting much I just landed on an old movie on Turner Classic Movies.- just one that was a comedy & it didn't disappoint!
Thank you for saying that! 🌛🍁🌜
Beautiful and very exciting comedy wonderful Actors ❤thanks
Oh I love all of these actors. Fred MacMurray is certainly top notch as a comedic actor, his timing is flawless and so is Melvyn Douglas and Jean Arthur, and don't forget about Dad, he was awesome too. These movies are timeless and classic forever. Thank you CZcams.
It took me until after watching the movie to realize who the father really was. Harry Davenport. He had a similar -
old fashioned man wanting to make things right with common sense, but had humorous wisecracks-
in another movie "Bride came C.O.D." with Betty Davis and James Cagney
Fred MacMurray‘s granddaughter cuts my hair here in my small town. It’s bizarre. But true
@@jetpilot3714 - That is awesome. Thank you for sending your comments
@@mysecondemailatlI'm watching this movie right now and thank you for telling us about it, Bride Came COD. Bette Davis is my favorite actress and Jimmy Cagney is my favorite actor. Looking forward to watching it. Thanks again for the info.✌️❤️🇺🇸
A perfect trio! 🙌
I love Jean Arthur.She is an excellent Comedic actress.Their are so many funny Lines.The guys are fantastic too with the sarcastic humour.I love papa Daddy
A real dish!
Too CUTE just as I remembered it as a lil girl watching it with my grandmother!
Melvyn Douglas!!! DIVINE!
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I like watching old classic movies 😀 The men dressed sharp and the Ladies so stylish love the fashion
Stunning, right?! God created ONLY human beings known as a Man & a Woman! THEY KNEW how to ENJOY & BEAUTIFULLY express being what God made them (us)! ❤️I sometimes daydream living in those days & now love to collect clothing & jewelry from those days to show how much I ENJOY the differences! 💃
And they were polite and kind
VERY true 👍
me too👍🏽
Yep! Nowadays, we cannot seem to get out of our athletic wear, even to go out for dinner? Why? For comfort! To remind ourselves that we just went to the gym, or must do so again tomorrow??
Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas are always a treat
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Love watching these movies at night before bed🥱📺🌜
Perfect casting for a wonderful comedy!
Excellent movie , superb writing
I'm watching this movie right now. It is so good!!!! I prefer black and white film and all of the old movies are such classics! ✌️❤️🇺🇸
These kind of movies makes me feel so warm and cozy on the inside 😍
Me too. And safe.
any other examples???
I too like black and white movies.
(I m an indian).
@@artivism4068 the more, the merrier. Forget the year.
Totally agree,it seems back then life was carefree and simple,,happy
Very fun film! Well-acted!! Great cast! Thanks!
Jean Arthur was someone special, especially her voice.
I just love her, in the more the merrier and The Devil in Miss Jones are my favoritesof her movies . Her and Charles Coburn together just tickle my heart! I've been waiting for all 3 of these movies to come on TCM for the year and ½ I've been at my parents, which I definitely thought would be on! Disappointed! Dying to watch them again. Does anyone know Channel or station that would be showing black and white movies besides Turner Classic Movies? I used to watch CZcams movies but I don't have enough data and no internet so my great days of watching Black and White on my phone and the tablet are over. I've watched so nanny and this little screens it's okay it was always worth squinting my eyes for LOL Jean Arthur✨ 1 of the greatest 🎬📽 😍❤🤗
Repairing moth damaged knits
She was someone silly if you ask me.
Debbie Stanger sometimes AMC or Fox Movie Channel have B&W films. PBS does, on occasion...they’ve gotten rarer on PBS...
D Stanger try your local library ! That's what I usually do ... ( just a suggestion ... )
Who could resist Melvyn Douglas???
Not I!
Nope
Gertrude Poppelheim.
THANK you for sharing this awesome movie with us.
Great ALL the way around.
this is one of the funniest movies ever. the writing and all the actors are brilliant. thanks!
Fred McMurray's talent was way underestimated. A delightful comedy!
Underestimated? No way! He was hugely famous and well loved for his acting.
@@MargieM10 You are right, of course,....
Loved him in movies: he was refreshingly not "actor-ish"
Not a single swear word or sex scene, just great classic entertainment. Bravo.
Exactly. I just love films like these. Ever since I was a child.
Ah, what a wonderful movie! I'm not normally a big fan of comedies and prefer dramas, but thoroughly enjoyed this comedy! Superb acting and so glad I watched it. Also glad that it was presented in black and white and not colorized.
Welcome to the club, Suzanne.
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I am 62. I watched enough drama in movies and around in life.
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For long time now that I enjoy naive silly comedy. Give me just joie de vivre.
Yea she was playing them both.
Each of these actors is in one of my favorite movies, probably among my top five: Fred Macmurray in Double Indemnity; Melvin Douglas in Ninotchka, and Jean Arthur in my favorite movie of all movies Only Angels Have Wings directed by my favorite director Howard Hawks.
So funny especially the snoring! lovely old movie, thanks.
Loved Jean Arthur and Fred MacMurray. The old movies are the so enjoyable. They both had appealing voices and were talented and entertaining. Funny seeing Fred with all that hair. Did he ever make a bad film? Enjoyable film and thank you for uploading it.
This film came out the same thing as RKO's "My Favorite Wife." Both films have similar plots and both are excellent comedies.
Quirky, but enjoyable little film. Any movie where I get to catch even a small glimpse of Edgar Buchanan is always worth my time. He was one of my favorites and very under appreciated. I never saw him turn in a bad performance , I'll never forget him in Penny Serenade as Applejack. Top notch acting.
I totally agree. Buchanan was wonderful!!!
I have never heard such a thing! As far as I have ever known, EB was always the hold your nose & look way time in any movie or tv show. I always watch shows in spite of him being in it. I used to wonder how he continued to “have something” ON someone in of the movies he got a job on. HOW could he possibly be anyone’s favorite?
Too Many husbands movie a terrific laugh from start to finish . It will keep one happy to blow away the blues .
What a delightful movie!! Fred MacMurray is hilarious and really makes this movie a gem. Loved him also in "Family Honeymoon", "An Innocent Affair", "Murder He Said" and "The Egg And I". A truly remarkable and versatile actor whether in a comedy or a serious role like "Double Indemnity" or "The Caine Mutiny". Though his comedies will always be my favorite!
you missed put borderline with claire trevor
@@robertcooke1774 I like Borderline, and have seen it a few times. But in my post I was referring to Fred MacMurray comedy movies.
Father Was A Full- Back.
@@sunnyadams5842 That's another good one!
Don't forget "The Apartment"
The lady is a very good actress
I love that they used Fanny Brice's song "My Man" as the music in the living room when she she is looking back and forth at the two of them.
Oh my goodness. That sly, little vixen. 🦊🦊🦊
A very amusing screwball comedy well acted by the three main characters. I liked the scene where Douglas and MacMurray shared their athletic skill of jumping over stuffed chairs. This reminded me of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes climbing over the couch just to answer the door in the episode entitled The Red Headed League. 🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎🔍🔎
Delightful actors, sparkling dialogue (Somerset Maugham), great direction.
What a gem! :-)) Cute, sweet and funny- great ending...
One of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a while. Loved it in black and white too!
A super fun movie! Great acting and a solid screenplay.
Edgar Buchanan_ just one of my favorite guys.
Wonderful movie. Fun to watch. Fantastic cast.
I love the way these heroines no matter how distressed or nervous they are they look fabulous!!
I love Jean Arthur.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE :) classic beauty and style in those times
In the movies.
Jean Arthur!! GREAT! always remembered!
Two months later My Favorite Wife came out with Cary Grant and Irene Dunn. She was missing and presumed dead for 7 years. This seems to happen a lot in Hollywood-a plot theme getting made in two or versions at different studios. Think Friends with Benefits, Big, etc.
Yeahh! There's a remake of my favourite wife too, with Doris Day & James Garner- Move Over, Darling and another unfinished one with Marilyn Monroe & Dean Martin... I guess these were quite popular plots so they remade them some years later with a new cast!
Melvyn Douglas 😍one of my FAVORITE actors... check him out in' Mr Blandings builds his dream house ' soooo funny 😂😂😂
Try other films of him. He was comedic genius in all of them. Especially those with Joan Blondell.
Oh. that scene with the paint snd wallpaper being selected!!!
@@secretariatgirl4249 in what movie, please?
@@pilarquiroz3585 - They are discussing "Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House".
@Debby Parker - I, too, am a great fan of Melvyn Douglas, right up through his role in "Being There" to 'Ghost Story".
My Favourite Wife with Irene Dunn and Cary Grant was also released in 1940 and it's the same story line except Irene Dunn was the one who was lost at sea. In MFW, Irene and Cary had 2 children, and the wife had been missing for 7 yrs, making it the better story. Of the two, as much as I like the actors in Too Many Husbands, the movie with Irene and Cary was superb.
Hi!
I agree with you. This was a good movie, but "My Favorite Wife" was a much better story. 😊
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Somehow it is more funny with 2 men. When its women and a mother it is a matter of a mother.
I agree that My Favorite Wife had a better story, but Too Many Husbands was much better in one respect: the close friendship between the competing husbands, and equally loved by the one wife, while the second wife in My Favorite Wife had a really raw deal.
Also remade in the sixties as Move Over, Darling with James Garner and Doris Day. I liked that one also
@@TheSherryLouLou...... And the unfinished "Somethings Got to Give" with Marilyn Monroe.
Fred MacMurray looks and behaves so much ahead of his time. His looks and mannerism are that of a person from the early 1960s rather than the early 1940s. If I was Vicky (Jean) I would have no difficulty choosing my preferred husband; and the logic would be like: "See, my second marriage was kind of based upon the presumed demise of Bill, but the presumption was false, so this also makes my second marriage a false step/a mistake." [LOTS OF LOVE FROM INDIA 💚]
24:49 Smartest thing said in this wonderful movie.
"It's late and we're all upset, tired, the only thing to do is to go to bed and get a good night's sleep so we can face this problem tomorrow with clear minds."
"I'll show you who's dead!" some great lines in this movie. Fred MacMurray was so under-rated as a comic actor. His timing and expression was excellent! So many of us remember him from that lame TV show, "My Three Sons" it's too bad. Great movie, Jean Arthur was fine too, thanks for sharing.
You're lame dude, Fred MacMurray was a great success in My 3 Sons which lasted many years
@@David53D No, you might be 😜 We watched 'My Three Sons' because the other options were: Lawrence Welk, Don Ameci, and The Mickey Mouse Club. It was dopey and moralistic and Fred MacMurray played the quintessential milquetoast!
I liked him in The Apartment even though he played the bad guy.
@@lisalamphier1410 I tried to watch that yesterday on your recommend...couldn't do it, felt SO SORRY for Jack Lemon "buddy-boy". I recall I didn't make it through last time I tried either for the same reason.
@@acehandler1530 True, The Apartment is full of pain and disappointment (much like real life) but (spoiler) it has a happy feel good ending. 😊
I grew up watching Classic📽 Movies.
Sill Are my favorites today..
I am so thankful for these channels
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I know how the secretary feels , I've been in love with Jean Arthur forever! When I saw her husband in The Barber chair I thought it was Saturday Night Live sketch. In a way they were the greatest actors of all times. It's not that they don't make movies like this anymore, it's they can't make movies like this anymore. I still love my black and white movies, can't wait till they come to the new drive-in theaters?!
Good movie with good actors, particularly Jean Arthur - thank you for posting it !
Superb
What a clean..nice..comedy..
Total entertaining
I NEVER tire of this movie!
Absolutely hilarious. Thanks for posting it.
"Hi, Y'all ! What a sweet film.
Please watch closely from around 45 min's , to see Fred do some amazing jumps.And his smug expression, to irritate Henry is very good.
And Jean's anxiety about them both trying to outdo each other, she's going " Oh, Oh, ....Oh ! " . So well done throughout.
Yes...it's hilarious
Reminds me of "Move Over Darling" with James Garner and Doris Day. She came back on his wedding day.
Doris Day is a favorite too. Thanks for reminding me.
Great film..thanks. This came out the same year as "My Favorite Wife" with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne...where Dunne, the 1st wife was lost at sea, presumed dead, and then comes back to find her husband re-married. That film premise was remade in the 60's as "Move Over Darling" with Doris Day and James Garner. "Something's Got To Give"..same premise was in pre-production, with Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin in the 1950's, when Monroe was fired, just before she died.
They were all charming films
Too bad they aren’t made with that class anymore
@@kathyh4804 - They are fun films for sure, but many great movies continue to be made. Get yourself to the theater more often!
I would have picked my first husband, and gave the second one to the secretary.😌
I totally this!!! But I did see a sad disturbing film starting my 3 son's fave, McMurray. It was titled " pushover ". With Kim Novak & an old female star of the old "Peyton place". It showed much versatility of McMurray. He was the bad cop and went dirty and died for it! Still a shocker to me, however emulates true actin. I too also agree, I would Haven given one to the secretary and kept the one of my choice !!!!!!!!
Katherine Hogan Thank you for the interesting and surprising information about the movie in which Murray played a bad guy, and even died!
At the time, little did anyone know the importance of that role. It would be one of the (I think) few movies that portrayed him in what would turn out to be an untypecast role.
Have you seen him in, "Double Indemnity," with Barbara Stanwick? He was absolutely fantastic! It, too, showed his character as a man who was passionate and caring in some parts and a ruthless killer in the others. He began as a run-of-the-mill life insurance salesman, and shockinbly, changed into a man who was anything but, run-of-the-mill.
I don't want to tell you anything more about the movie, in case you haven't seen it. If not, I highly recommend seeing it. I'm sure you'd find it engrossing. It might be on CZcams. It's a true classic, so maybe it will be easy to find somewhere.
At any rate, Fred McMurray filled my childhood, (I was born in 1957), with many humorous and memorable movies, and television shows. He was unique, talented, and amazing! (Pretty good-looking, too! 😉).
I will see if "Pushover" is on CZcams. I don't remember having seen it.
Take care. 😀
A very amusing screwball comedy well acted by the three main characters. One of the supporting actors was Edgar Buchanan who starred on "Petticoat Junction" with Bea Benedere.
I loved the "athletic scene" where both Douglas and McMurray were jumping over the stuffed chairs. This reminded me of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes climbing over the couch just to answer the door in The Red Headed League. 🔎🔍
I would give the 2nd husband away too
@@JaneFrieman Brett was a walking piece of art; such a joy to watch.
Absolutely wonderful!!! What a joy!! So quick and funny, it never stops!
I love the suit that Jean Arthur is wearing when this movie starts. But the credits don't say who designed it or the other great clothes she wears. Sigh.
Melvin Douglas?
Who could say “no” to him ?!
He and William Powell were always my secret crushes. I thought I was born in the wrong generation, until just recently. Now I think God doesn’t make mistakes !
This type of story has been told in many ways & various combinations, two husbands, two wives every decade or so. Somehow someone always ends up on a deserted island.
I ❤️ the title “Too Many Husbands” I cannot even find one. 😂 Thank you for posting this video. 👍😎
TO :
bolotabr12 ; Are you looking for a husband ?
I am looking for a wife..
Might you be interested in discussing any shared potential which there might be for us ?
Be well.
Thank you very much.
--BJNG (Brian).
@@b.j.n.g.354 I'm hoping there's a response 😊
@@Charlienmeg
ARE YOU A MALE OR A FEMALE ?
I AM LOOKING FOR A FEMALE.
YOU WROTE TO ME THAT YOU HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE" TO ME AND TO MY OWN SEARCH ? OR DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE ? OR MAYBE EVEN TO SOMETHING ELSE ?
KINDLY ANSWER SOON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BE WELL.
---BJNG.
@@Charlienmeg
ARE YOU A MALE OR A FEMALE ?
I AM LOOKING FOR A FEMALE.
YOU WROTE TO ME THAT YOU HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A RESPONSE. DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE" TO ME AND TO MY OWN SEARCH ? OR DO YOU MEAN "A RESPONSE TO SOMEONE ELSE ? OR MAYBE EVEN TO SOMETHING ELSE ?
KINDLY ANSWER SOON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BE WELL.
---BJNG.
@@Charlienmeg seems like...everybody needs somebody but fear of crazy people on the media takes precedence!
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Well .I hope those two people had met someone to make happy and to make them hay.
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Vive l'amour.
Thank you very much for sharing this extremely funny movie!
Melvin Douglas was more of a dramatic actor this was a few times he did comedy. Fred McMurray can do both very well. In most of his movies he did comedy mainly. They both had long careers. Melvin Douglas was the quintessential actor winning the triple crown of acting. Winning the academy award and nominated several times for the academy award. He did many Broadway plays and television with accolades.
He was so fantastic in Ninotchka with Garbo, superb comedy!
@@flyteoffancy yeah he was fantastic in that great movie. In my opinion he was great doing comedies too. He did another really good with Rosalind Russell (this thing called love)
Hi. Thank you so much for this cute black and white old movie. Love them. 🤗⚘🤗⚘🤗⚘🤗⚘
The film is one of the many variations that there will be under the name of "My Favorite Wife", "Move Over Darling", and in France "Aux Deux Colombes" or "La Cuisine au Beurre". Once it's the woman we thought dead who comes back, the other time it's the husband ... It's always a funny, very funny situation, thanks above all to old Harry Davenport.
When we adore Jane Arthur, and her little girlish voice, as I do, we complain her for having to choose between Melvyn Leroy and Fred McMurray. Talk about a duo of seducers ! But it's a matter of taste, entirely personnal, of course.
Anyway, thanks for sharing this film in a really good copy. It was a great time,.
Another fantastic movie from the silver screen! Greetings from Greenland 🇬🇱
Swell and fun, love these types, nice humor
Loved the film! Thanks for sharing.
What a lovely movie!!
What a fantastic plot.
Thank for posting this movie. Never seen any other Jean Arthur Movies other than my all time favourite Shane (1953) , Mr.Smith Goes To Washington and You Can't Take it With You. I great actress and nice to see her in a comedy too.
So it's nice to see her in other roles
There's also Mr Deeds Goes to Town with Gary Cooper.
1936
Yes I've seen that movie too and also Only Angels have wings
You would adore her in "The more the merrier", or "The Devil and Mrs Jones".
I think she was great in everything, be it Easy Living with Ray Milland, Only Angels have Wings and Talk of the Town with Cary Grant, Mr. Deed goes to Town with Gary Cooper, Mr Smith goes to Washington with James Stewart, The More is merrier with Joel and many more. She had great career in Hollywood and I just adored her.
Too good. Loved it!
They should have done a play on words: "TWO Many Husbands" :)
There aren't massive special effect as in the modern movies. The performance was "utterly delightful".This stage has belonged to the great actors.
@24:35 "If you call her a widow, that proves that even YOU thought you were dead!"
Three of my favorites in one film: Melvyn Douglas (Ninotchka etc.), Jean Arthur (A Foreign Affair etc.), and Fred MacMurray (Double Indemnity etc.). What more could one want?
So, many thanks for the upload. (Curious as to the dénouement the script writers came up with.
Design-for-Living-like? Philadelphia-Story-like?)
Great film. Don't know how l missed this...
Jean Arthur adorable as usual.
HAHA two roosters in the hen house in a nutshell What a goofy, corny, movie! Doctor Mead was even in it.
Loved every minute of it. Thanks so much for this! Where has this been all my life?
This is a really good movie!
I love it!
In the end SHE got what she wanted... attention from both husbands, and she herself didn't have to make the decision so no hard feelings.
Don't be a spoiler, please, to other viewers. Thank you!
@@pilarquiroz3585 Why would someone read comments before they see the movie?
@@389383 "cause it about a women of qusetionable character and two stupid men fighting over the women.
@@pilarquiroz3585soooo sorry~ I didn’t realize
NYC movie...the jumping scene was most amusing !!!
Three married couples under one roof. Each behaving like children. Love is the common factor, and there's no room for a dividend. This is so-o-o good! A wholesome and proper classic...love it! 🎥💋
That must be a different movie. Here there were not 3 married couples.
Harry Davenport (George / the dad) was my favorite part of this movie , Melvyn Douglas had some funny moments too …otherwise this movie was so so. But I thought Vicky being so indecisive was a refreshing plot twist. I also liked Jean Arthur’s outfits … for me her best movie is “The More the Merrier “ .
What a great movie! A movie that Hollywood would try to remake and ruin! 5 🌟
@e causey I broke my dick off in doris day
Actually, they did a remake in 2000 called 'Cast Away', starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. He too is eventually rescued and returns home to find his wife is remarried.
Carolyn Lalli they weren’t married...he was going to propose but got lost
Hollywood has ruined everything they have made since the early 60s
Yeah just like Rebecca and Black Narcissus
the film was great, i loved the house & i wish the film was in colour
Good Lord no! B & W is the way it was, and has great character.
@@tek6423 Color for me thanks! 😊
Did you get your wish? No. Learn to luxuriate in film's natural medium, the interplay of light and shadow: glorious black and white!
I grew up watching My Three Sons. I guess I enjoy story with Fred McMurray in it❣️
22:41- "Im only her father, goodnight" hahahahaha
Love these old movies what a wonderful escape from the craziness going on in the world rn.Watch The Crystal Ball...The Strange Woman and Back Street...what great movies.🥰
sweet 9 stars thank you for the movie⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐have a great day keep it up
Simply delightful.
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Wonderful entertainment. Thanks!!
Who could resist Fred McMurray in a Tux!?
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1:08:53 Uncle Joe from "Petticoat Junction" :D
Thanks for posting.
I just now recognize Uncle Joe from p. Junction. And the father role of Ms. Arthur, played by the white haired man started as the father in "my little Margie". I recall seeing it with my grandfather. To think I was but only 8 yrs.., when Fred McMurray played my 3 sons. Melvin Douglas so funny with Loretta Young and Carey Grant in "Mr. Blandings". Jean Arthur always so regal in the airport scene and looking at River with Fred. Thanks for these wonderful films !!!!!🤣
@@katherinehogan578 I still watch My Three Sons in the morning , love that show and Fred MacMurray was really a cute guy back in his heyday. just recorded mr. Blandings builds his dream house that's one of my all-time favorites of Cary Grant's well all of his are my favorites cuz I can't get enough of him, Dead or Alive gay straight bisexual whatever the hell he was he will always be the man of my dreams yummy 💓💓💓💞💕💗and Jean Arthur always great
Her father played on Gone With The Wind. He played the Dr.
@@katherinehogan578: I think in "Mr. Balding builds a house" Melvyn Douglas was with Myrna Loy and Cary Grant, not with Loretta Young and Cary Grant
I love these old movies