The Gay Bride

1934
Approved
1 Std. 20 Min.

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Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, and Nat Pendleton in The Gay Bride (1934)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAfter the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.

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6,4/10

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Carole Lombard

Mary

Chester Morris

Office Boy

Zasu Pitts

Mirabelle

Leo Carrillo

Mickey

Nat Pendleton

Shoots Magiz

Sam Hardy

Dingle

Walter Walker

MacPherson

Norman Ainsley

Waiter
(Nicht genannt)

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

2nd Bootblack
(Nicht genannt)

Irving Bacon

Weight-Guesser
(Nicht genannt)

Jack Baxley

$100 Rercipient
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Brooks Benedict

Wedding Guest
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Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Mirabelle's Pickup
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Jules Cowles

$100 Recipient
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Frank Darien

Mr. Bartlett
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Max Davidson

$100 Recipient
(Nicht genannt)

Gordon De Main

Police Sergeant
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Clay Drew

Stage Doorman
(Nicht genannt)

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This was one of Carole Lombard's least favorites among her own filmography. Chester Morris also thought during filming that the movie was a "turkey". Sadly, the newly enforced Production Code had laundered the script beyond recognition, and dulled its impact. Nine months earlier, it would have been a different story.

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The story is supposedly taking place in New York City, but during the automobile chase near the end of the film the principals in their Mercedes drive up Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, passing the Mayflower Hotel and in and out of the Grand Central Garage. In another scene they pop into a hotel lobby with Hotel Stowell, located on South Spring Street, in Los Angeles, in the background. (In fairness, Los Angeles was not a popular vacation destination until the 1950s, so the vast majority of moviegoers at the time would not have noticed this.)

Zitate
Mirabelle: There's no sense to marrying a racketeer. They don't live long.
Mary Magiz: Well, what's wrong with that?

Verbindungen
Featured in Die große Metro-Lachparade (1964)

Soundtracks
Mississippi Honeymoon
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Sung by Arthur Jarrett in the show
Incorporated often into the music score

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Gay Bride, The (1934)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

A gold-digging chorus girl (Carole Lombard) decides to the only way to get rich is by marrying gangsters and hoping that they get killed so that all their money will go to her. She finds one dimwitted gangster (Nat Pendleton) to marry her but his bodyguard (Chester Morris) can see right through her. This comedy has some truly great moments in it but overall there aren't enough constant laughs to make it a complete winner. I was surprised to learn that this was the only film Lombard made for MGM but she turns in a fine performance. Her role isn't the greatest but the screenplay does offer her plenty of nice one-liners and for the most part she hits everyone of them. Pendleton is also very good as the dumb gangster who can't see that his wife is just after his money. It's Morris who steals the show however with his perfect comic timing. The screenplay does his character more justice than anyone else and Morris uses it to his advantage with countless great lines and some truly hysterical moments including a scene at a will reading. Zasu Pitts is wasted in her small role of Lombard's friend. The screenplay doesn't have enough laughs to carry the 80-minute running time but if you're a fan of the two stars then the film should keep you entertained.