The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

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Charmless films like The Bride Wore Boots helped to kill the postwar revival of the "screwball comedy" genre almost before it began. Here's the deal: Breeding-farm owner Sally (Barbara Stanwyck) loves horses. Novelist Jeff (Robert Cummings) hates horses, but loves Sally. Jeff and Sally marry, only… More Charmless films like The Bride Wore Boots helped to kill the postwar revival of the "screwball comedy" genre almost before it began. Here's the deal: Breeding-farm owner Sally (Barbara Stanwyck) loves horses. Novelist Jeff (Robert Cummings) hates horses, but loves Sally. Jeff and Sally marry, only to break up over their equestrian differences. They spend the rest of the film trying to get back together again, despite such hurdles as flirtatious Southern belle Mary Lou Medford (Diana Lynn) and charming "other man" Lance Gale (Patric Knowles). Is it any surprise that the film ends with a Big Race, and that horse-hating Jeff is astride the winning steed? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By: Irving Pichel
Genres: Romance, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: May 8, 1946 Wide

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jay n

Silly trifle whose cast is far far better than the script. Enjoyable enough if you have the right expectations. Peggy Wood gives a lively performance as Barbara's mother and it's interesting to see Natalie Wood in her extreme youth as a blonde.

Cast

            Barbara Stanwyck as Sally Warren

            Robert Cummings as Jeff Warren

            Diana Lynn as Mary Lou Medford

            Patric Knowles as Lance Gale

            Robert Benchley as Uncle Todd

            Peggy Wood as Grace Apley

            Natalie Wood as Carol Warren

            Willie Best as Joe

            Gregory Muradian as Johnny Warren

            Mary Young as Janet Doughton

            George Anderson as First Judge

            Myrtle Anderson as Florence

            Walter S. Baldwin as Mr. Hodges postman

            Charles D. Brown as Wells

            Mae Busch as Woman

            Catherine Craig as Mrs. Medford

            Steven Darrell as Spectator

            Aminta Dyne as Dame

            Richard Gaines as Jeff's attorney

            Mildred Gover as Mattie

            Eula Guy as Second Club Woman

            Henry Hastings as George Servant)

            Harry Hayden as Clergyman

            Gertrude W. Hoffman as Third Club Woman

            Milt Kibbee as Hotel Manager

            James Millican as Kerwin Hayes

            Ida Moore as Fourth Club Woman

            Forbes Murray as Second Judge

            Frank Orth as Judge

            Minerva Urecal as Lady

            George Melford as Third Judge

            Janet Clark as Club Woman

            Alice Keating as Club Woman

            Gerald Pierce as Bellboy

            Larry Thompson as George Medford
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