My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

RKO

May 17, 1940

Comedy

DVD
B-

I'd heard about this movie for ages, so I'm glad I finally got to watch it. It didn't knock me out, but I thought it was mostly sweet and quietly funny, especially Cary Grant's asides.  It's more suggestive than other screwball comedies of the era I've seen, including the interesting subtext of Grant's reaction to Randolph Scott in swim trunks.  Garson Kanin directed.

Life with Father

Life with Father
Warner Bros.
September 13, 1947
Historical Comedy
DVD
C-

I've seen this before, maybe more than once, but I couldn't really get into it today, although, like Topper Returns, it has nice sets and costumes, and an interesting cast.  (I tuned out before Liz Taylor though.)  This is based on the Clarence Day memoir of the same name, and Curtiz directed nine years after The Adventures of Robin Hood, and five years after Casablanca.