The Wedding Night (1935)
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35% of users liked it
(119 ratings)
In this Samuel Goldwyn production directed by King Vidor, the studio's intent was to make Russian-born Anna Sten a star, but it didn't succeed. Sten plays Manya Nowak, a Polish farm girl attracted to Tony Barrett (Gary Cooper), a novelist with writer's block who has retreated to a… More In this Samuel Goldwyn production directed by King Vidor, the studio's intent was to make Russian-born Anna Sten a star, but it didn't succeed. Sten plays Manya Nowak, a Polish farm girl attracted to Tony Barrett (Gary Cooper), a novelist with writer's block who has retreated to a Connecticut farmhouse to find his muse. Barrett's wife Dora (Helen Vinson) misses the city and returns there, while Tony decides to use Manya as a character in his next novel. They become friends, and Tony learns that her straightlaced father Jan (Sigfried Rumann) has betrothed Manya to Fredrik Sobieski (Ralph Bellamy), whom she does not love. Manya and Tony spend a chaste night together when a blizzard shuts them in. Her father drags her home and demands that she marry Fredrik immediately. Many arguments and disagreements ensue. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Directed By
- King Vidor
- Written By
- Edith Fitzgerald
- Genres
- Romance, Classics, Comedy, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1935 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Weepie melodrama.
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Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com
While there is a mild confusion about whether ingénue Sten is mean to be a new Lombard or a new Garbo, the mixture serves the script's needs.
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
A bare-bones DVD, but a forgotten 1930s melodrama worth discovering.
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Much of the pleasure of The Wedding Night rests in the way director King Vidor plays fair with his slight material, never condescending to its melodramatic potential while finding fresh ways to express it.
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Cast
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Gary Cooper
as Tony Barrett
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Anna Sten
as Manya Nowak
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Helen Vinson
as Dora Barrett
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Ralph Bellamy
as Frederik Sobieski
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Sig Rumann
as Jan Nowak
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Esther Dale
as Kaise Nowak
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Walter Brennan
as Bill Jenkins
- Miami Alvarez
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Agnes Anderson
as Helena
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Jay Belasco
as Party Guest
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Robert Bolder
as Doctor
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Milla Davenport
as Grandmother
- Jay Eaton
- Constance Howard
- George Magrill
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Alphonse Martell
as Waiter
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George Meeker
as Gilly
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Richard Powell
as Truck Driver
- Harry Semels
- Bernard Siegel
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Leonid Snegoff
as Mr. Sobieski
- Auguste Tollaire
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Hilda Vaughn
as Hezzie Jones
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Eleanor Wesselhoeft
as Mrs. Sobieski
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Douglas Wood
as Heywood
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Otto Yamaoka
as Taka
- Dave Wengren
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Violet Axzelle
as Frederica Sobieski
- Sig Ruman
