Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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The Wedding Night
TONIGHT She'd leave the man she LOVED with all her SOUL...to MARRY the man she despised!
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops romantic feelings for Manya Novak, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik Sobieski. After a snowstorm, Tony and Manya get trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists that her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.
- Original title
- The Wedding Night
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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Jun 19, 2022 · via TMDB
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.
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Gary Cooper
Tony Barrett
Anna Sten
Manya Novak
Ralph Bellamy
Fredrik Sobieski
Helen Vinson
Dora Barrett
Sig Ruman
Mr. Jan Novak
Esther Dale
Mrs. Kaise Novak
Leonid Snegoff
Sobieski
Walter Brennan
Bill Jenkins
Agnes Anderson
Helena
Hilda Vaughn
Hezzie Jones
Alphonse Martell
Waiter
Jay Belasco
Party Guest
Robert Bolder
Doctor
Constance Howard
Party Guest
George Magrill
Wedding Guest with Plate
George Meeker
Gilly (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Party Guest (uncredited)
Harry Semels
Wedding Guest
Bernard Siegel
Wedding Guest
August Tollaire
Wedding Guest
Douglas Wood
Leland Heywood
Otto Yamaoka
Taka
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
King Vidor
Director
Stuart Heisler
Editor
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Edwin H. Knopf
Original Story
Edwin H. Knopf
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Mar 8, 1935
