The Bride Comes Home
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Directed by | Wesley Ruggles |
Screenplay by | Claude Binyon |
Story by | Elisabeth Sanxay Holding |
Produced by | Wesley Ruggles |
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Cinematography | Leo Tover |
Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Bride Comes Home is a 1935 comedy film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Robert Young. It was written by Claude Binyon and Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
Plot
[edit]After the bankruptcy of her father's business, the penniless socialite Jeannette Desmereau (Colbert) works with magazine editor Cyrus Anderson (MacMurray) and publisher Jack Bristow (Young). They discuss love and wedding plans. However, when Bristow would seem to marry her, Anderson prepares a plan to take her back. This is a romantic comedy with money, bad tempers and love in the balance.
Cast
[edit]- Claudette Colbert as Jeannette Desmereau
- Fred MacMurray as Cyrus Anderson
- Robert Young as Jack Bristow
- William Collier, Sr. as Alfred Desmereau
- Donald Meek as The judge
- Richard Carle as Frank (butler)
- Edgar Kennedy as Henry
- Johnny Arthur as Otto
- Kate MacKenna as Emma
- Jimmy Conlin as Len Noble
- Edward Gargan as Cab driver
Critical reception
[edit]Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene strongly praised the film as "satirical comedy of a very high order". Emphasizing the performance given by Claudette Colbert, Greene suggested that Colbert's having been given a third role in film (following It Happened One Night and She Married Her Boss) made fact of the claim that "Miss Colbert is the most charming light-comedy actress on the screen".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Greene, Graham (10 January 1936). "Reifende Jugend/The Bride Comes Home". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. pp. 45–46. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
[edit]- The Bride Comes Home at the TCM Movie Database
- The Bride Comes Home at IMDb
- The Bride Comes Home at AllMovie
- The Bride Comes Home at Virtual History