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Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.
A woman, presumed dead after being lost at sea for five years, returns home to find her husband has remarried. The film follows the comedic chaos that ensues as she tries to reclaim her husband and her life, much to the chagrin of his new wife.
Move Over, Darling was a commercial success, with audiences enjoying its screwball comedy elements and the chemistry between its stars. While not a critical darling, it was generally seen as a lighthearted and entertaining film that delivered on its comedic promise.
Praised for its energetic pacing and Doris Day's comedic performance.
Appreciated for its classic screwball comedy style and romantic entanglements.
Some found the plot predictable but enjoyable due to the cast's charm.
Google audience: Audiences generally found the film to be a fun and lighthearted comedy, appreciating Doris Day's lively performance and the humorous situations. Some noted that the premise was a bit silly but still found it entertaining.
The film was originally intended as a remake of the 1940 screwball comedy 'My Favorite Wife' starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. However, production was halted when the original script was found to be too similar to Marilyn Monroe's unfinished film 'Something's Got to Give', which was also being produced by 20th Century Fox at the time. Doris Day's film was then retooled with a new script.
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"Ellen" (Doris Day) has been missing for years and even pronounced legally dead when she is returned to civilisation by the US Navy and turns up at her mother-in-law's house. "Grace" (Thelma Ritter) gets quite a surprise, bit luckily she ha...