May 17, 1940 –
Garson Kanin’s screwball comedy, My Favorite Wife, opened on this date.
Leo McCarey was supposed to direct the film, but shortly before the filming began, he was injured in an automobile accident and had to hand over the direction to Garson Kanin. Gail Patrick has stated that the severity of McCarey’s injuries had an effect on the film’s cast, and they found it very difficult to enter into the spirit of the comedy with the serious hospital bulletins they were hearing.
Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, who play rivals in this film, lived together for twelve years from 1932 to 1944 (The ACME Corporation has no comment on this sort of behavior. But what these two young men did in the privacy of their own home, beach house, or bath house was their own constitutionally protected business.)
The Haus of Dcaligari 