The Gay Bride (1934)

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Carole Lombard's only MGM film, The Gay Bride has been cited by some as a precursor to 1988's Married to the Mob -- only without the laughs. Adapted by the usually reliable Samuel and Bella Spewack from Charles Francis Coe's magazine story Repeal, the film charts the misadventures of gold-digging… More Carole Lombard's only MGM film, The Gay Bride has been cited by some as a precursor to 1988's Married to the Mob -- only without the laughs. Adapted by the usually reliable Samuel and Bella Spewack from Charles Francis Coe's magazine story Repeal, the film charts the misadventures of gold-digging chorine Mary (Lombard), who marries powerful bootlegger Shoots Magis (Nat Pendleton) so that she can live in the lap of luxury -- only to suffer a major disappointment when Prohibition is repealed. After a few amusing episodes with the deadly but basically likeable Magis, he's unexpectedly bumped off by gangster Dingle (Sam Hardy). Mary takes this in stride and moves in on Dingle, whereupon he's killed by mob boss Mickey (Leo Carrillo) -- so guess whom Mary snuggles up to next. Handsome "Office Boy" (Chester Morris), Magis' former chauffeur/bodyguard, continues carrying a torch for Mary throughout the picture, undoubtedly hoping that all of his rivals will eventually kill each other off. Wavering uncertainly between screwball comedy and gangster melodrama, The Gay Bride was met with indifference by the public -- and by its studio, which virtually threw the picture away. In later years, Carole Lombard tagged the film as her worst; it's not that by any means, but it's a far distance from her best. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG, 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By: Jack Conway
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Dec 14, 1934 Wide

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Cast

            Carole Lombard as Mary Magiz

            Chester Morris as Office Boy

            Zasu Pitts as Mirabelle

            Leo Carrillo as Mickey

            Nat Pendleton as Shoots Magiz

            Sam Hardy as Dingle

            Walter Walker as MacPherson

            Norman Ainsley as Waiter

            Jack Baxley as Bum

            Mary Carr as Mrs. Bartlett

            Frank Darien as Minister

            Gordon De Main as Sergeant

            Herbert Evans as British Official

            Willie Fung as Chinese

            Lew Harvey as Gangster

            Boothe Howard as Crook

            Fuzzy Knight as Cameraman

            Edward J. Le Saint as Justice of Peace

            Francis McDonald as Crook

            Wilbur Mack as Banker

            Fred Malatesta as French Officer

            Louis Natheaux as Honx

            Wedgewood Nowell as Stage Manager

            Garry Owen as Cameraman

            Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Shoeshine Man

            William Von Brincken as German Official

            Bobby Watson as Auto Salesman

            Ray Mayer as Cameraman

            Hans-Rudolf Twerenbold as Lafcadio
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