The Wedding Night

1935 PG-13 1h 23m

5.9 / 10 27

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5.9/10

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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.

Director King Vidor

Writers

Edwin H. Knopf Edith Fitzgerald Edwin H. Knopf

Stars

Gary Cooper Anna Sten Ralph Bellamy

Wedding Guest with Plate

George Meeker

Gilly (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Richard Powell

Party Guest Mixing Cocktails

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Geronimo1967 19 Jun 2022

6/10

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 ...