The Wedding Night

Infobox Film
name = The Wedding Night


caption = Gary Cooper and Anna Sten
director = King Vidor
producer = Samuel Goldwyn
writer = Edwin H. Knopf
Edith Fitzgerald
starring = Gary Cooper
Anna Sten
Ralph Bellamy
Helen Vinson
music =
cinematography =Gregg Toland
editing = Stuart Heisler
distributor =
released =
runtime = 83 min
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:116189
imdb_id = 0027189

The Wedding Night is a 1935 motion picture directed by King Vidor starring Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, and Ralph Bellamy.

Primary cast

*Gary Cooper - Tony Barrett
*Anna Sten - Manya
*Siegfried Rumann - Jan Novak
*Ralph Bellamy -Frederik
*Helen Vinson - Dora Barrett, Tony's wife

Plot summary

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.

External links

*imdb title|id=0027189|title=The Wedding Night
* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:116189 "The Wedding Night" at Allmovie]
* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=95243 "The Wedding Night" at Turner Classic Movies]

References

*"Screen Notes", "The New York Times", March 15, 1935.
*"Second Thoughts on "Wedding Night" ", "The New York Times", March 24, 1935.
*"Critic's Choice: New DVD's" by Dave Kehr, "The New York Times", May 22, 2007.