The Wedding Night

3/8/19351h 23m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ TONIGHT She'd leave the man she LOVED with all her SOUL...to MARRY the man she despised! ~

Overview:

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

Director:

King Vidor

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

servant
marriage
tobacco
farmer

Cast

Gary Cooper

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Tony Barrett

Anna Sten

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Manya Novak

Ralph Bellamy

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Fredrik Sobieski

Helen Vinson

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Dora Barrett

Sig Ruman

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Mr. Jan Novak

Esther Dale

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Mrs. Kaise Novak

Leonid Snegoff

~ as ~

Sobieski

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

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Mrs. Sobieski

Milla Davenport

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Grandmother

Walter Brennan

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Bill Jenkins

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
On this face of it, this is just another one of these star vehicles with a story based on a restless hero with a bit of a roving eye. It actually turns out to be far better than that as Gary Cooper is "Tony" a writer who can't get published any more. Getting a bit low on the shekels, he, his wife "Dora" (Helen Vinson) and long-suffering handyman "Taka" (Otto Yamaoka) relocate to his rural home in Connecticut for inspiration. Once they get there, they sell a field to family of industrious Polish tobacco farmers and flush with some cash, his wife returns to New York leaving him and his companion alone. Cooper befriends the soon-to-be-married daughter "Manya Novak" (Anna Sten) and after a few false starts, she begins to provide him with inspiration for his book. When the Japanese "Taka" finally has enough of the harsh winters and quits, she steps in to help him get by and; well you can guess the rest. The writing is, at times, quite witty but probably more notable for taking a bit of a swipe at quite a few prejudices, especially relating to the culture of the Polish families and their attitudes towards marriage/women/property. There is a chemistry between Cooper and the shy looking, but characterful Sten and with Walter Brennan, sparingly, along to spice it up now and again, this is really a better than average little romantic comedy.