
Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands (released in the United Kingdom as My Two Husbands) is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas. The plot centres on a woman who believes her husband has perished in a boating accident and remarries, only to have her first spouse reappear. The film is based on the 1919 W. Somerset Maugham play Home and Beauty, which was itself retitled Too Many Husbands when it came to New York, and itself takes inspiration from the 1864 Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem Enoch Arden..
Plot
Vicky Lowndes loses her first husband, Bill Cardew, when he is lost at sea, presumed drowned, and declared legally dead. The lonely widow is comforted by Bill's best friend and publishing business partner, Henry Lowndes. Six months later, she marries Henry. Six months after that, Vicky is disappointed to see that Henry is removing Bill’s name from his old office, believing that Henry’s name should remain as a memorial to her late husband.
More details
author | Claude Binyon |
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director | Wesley Ruggles |
editor | Otto Meyer William A. Lyon |
genre | comedy |
keywords | after hours best friend business partner cut declared dead drown even good time henry v id lose lost at sea married missing person misunderstand publish rescue strand travel wait |
musicBy | Friedrich Hollaender |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound |
producer | Wesley Ruggles |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
publisher | Columbia Pictures |
theme | comedy of remarriage dance romantic comedy |