Too Many Husbands
- Jean Arthur: Vicky Lowndes
- Fred MacMurray: Bill Cardew
- Melvyn Douglas: Henry Lowndes
- Harry Davenport: George
- Dorothy Peterson: Gertrude Houlihan
- Melville Cooper: Peter, the butler
- Edgar Buchanan: Detective McDermott
- Tom Dugan: Lt. Sullivan
A husband too much (OT: Too Many Husbands ) is an American comedy film from 1940 with Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas, directed by Wesley Ruggles. As model for the stage play Home and Beauty by W. Somerset Maugham.
Action
Exactly one year after her husband died in a boat accident, Vicky Cardew is once again facing the altar to marry the best friend of the family, Henry Lowndes. Then is allegedly Various, who spent the last year alone on an island, suddenly in the doorway, Vicky suddenly has two husbands. The two rivals for the love of Vicky lie over backward and the young woman enjoys the hassle and many gifts. Finally, Vicky lands for bigamy in court, the said Bill for the legal husband. Henry refuses to accept the judge's decision and continues to strive for Vicky. In the end, Vicky decides to Bill, but so it is certainly not.
Background
The plot about a presumed dead husband, who immediately returns to Remarry his wife is almost identical to the events in my favorite wife, who was released a few months later. However, a husband is based too much on the piece Home and Beauty of W. Somerset Maugham, while My favorite woman served as inspiration for the action the poem Enoch Arden from 1864, by Alfred Tennyson.
The studio got serious problems with the censorship of the Production Code, the injured saw his requirements, according to which the institution of marriage should be lowered sacred and under no circumstances due to the frivolous initial situation. In addition, the censors were that bigamy should not be the subject of comedy. In the end, the studio sat by with a slightly softer version, which leaves open whether Vicky and Henry actually consummate the marriage. Wesley Ruggles made two final scenes. In choosing to Henry falls in the other on Bill.
1955 Columbia filmed the fabric again, this time as a musical with Betty Grable and Jack Lemmon. The censor also raised 15 years later, the same reservations about the script.
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1941, the film received a nomination in the category:
- Best Sound