Just finished watching “My Favorite Wife” (1940), and found it so much better than its remake, “Move Over, Darling” (1963). The thing is, I watched the 1963 version first, so I wasn’t prejudiced against it by the original. Yet after watching the original tonight, there is no doubt that I prefer it. Ligia and I were laughing out loud virtually through the entire movie. The gags, the lines, the acting, the action — everything was fresher and funnier. By contrast, I found the acting flat and the jokes overworked in the 1963 version.
Cary Grant and Irene Dunn shined again in this movie. They were a fantastic pairing in The Awful Truth (1937), and they put on a similar bedroom routine at the end of this movie, except this one’s absolutely hilarious. If you have a chance, pick up “My Favorite Wife“. They don’t make them like that anymore, and it’s really worth watching, if only for the comedy!
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As humans, we’re expected to build upon our collective knowledge and reach newer and better heights, but unfortunately some of us prefer to make cheap Chinese knockoffs (figuratively speaking) out of that knowledge instead of using their brains to come up with something innovative. Originality is still alive and well, but it’s rarer to find it these days. Thanks Ava!
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I just had to comment on what you said about remakes not being as good as the originals. My first reaction was “Here’s someone who thinks like me”…because what you said was so true. I’m a purist and half the time(make that almost ALL the time)remakes never quite measure up. Somtimes I believe they ought to leave well enough alone. Just goes to show where the concept of originality has gone,by way of the Dodo bird….maybe?
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