DramaRomance

The Wedding Night

- TONIGHT She'd leave the man she LOVED with all her SOUL...to MARRY the man she despised!

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.

Release Date : 1935-03-08

Language :EnglishPolish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Samuel Goldwyn ProductionsHoward Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Tony Barrett

Original Name : Gary Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manya Novak

Original Name : Anna Sten

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fredrik Sobieski

Original Name : Ralph Bellamy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dora Barrett

Original Name : Helen Vinson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Jan Novak

Original Name : Sig Ruman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Kaise Novak

Original Name : Esther Dale

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sobieski

Original Name : Leonid Snegoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Sobieski

Original Name : Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandmother

Original Name : Milla Davenport

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bill Jenkins

Original Name : Walter Brennan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helena

Original Name : Agnes Anderson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hezzie Jones

Original Name : Hilda Vaughn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Alphonse Martell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Miami Alvarez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederica

Original Name : Violet Axzelle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Jay Belasco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Robert Bolder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle

Original Name : Ed Ebele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Constance Howard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wedding Guest with Plate

Original Name : George Magrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilly (uncredited)

Original Name : George Meeker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Dennis O'Keefe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Party Guest Mixing Cocktails

Original Name : Richard Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Guest

Original Name : Harry Semels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anna

Original Name : Heidi Shope

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Guest

Original Name : Bernard Siegel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Guest

Original Name : Robert R. Stephenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Guest

Original Name : August Tollaire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wedding Guest

Original Name : Dave Wengren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leland Heywood

Original Name : Douglas Wood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taka

Original Name : Otto Yamaoka

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-19

On this face of it, this is just another one of these star vehicles with a story based on a restless hero with a bit of a roving eye. It actually turns out to be far better than that as Gary Cooper is "Tony" a writer who can't get published any more. Getting a bit low on the shekels, he, his wife "Dora" (Helen Vinson) and long-suffering handyman "Taka" (Otto Yamaoka) relocate to his rural home in Connecticut for inspiration. Once they get there, they sell a field to family of industrious Polish tobacco farmers and flush with some cash, his wife returns to New York leaving him and his companion alone. Cooper befriends the soon-to-be-married daughter "Manya Novak" (Anna Sten) and after a few false starts, she begins to provide him with inspiration for his book. When the Japanese "Taka" finally has enough of the harsh winters and quits, she steps in to help him get by and; well you can guess the rest. The writing is, at times, quite witty but probably more notable for taking a bit of a swipe at quite a few prejudices, especially relating to the culture of the Polish families and their attitudes towards marriage/women/property. There is a chemistry between Cooper and the shy looking, but characterful Sten and with Walter Brennan, sparingly, along to spice it up now and again, this is really a better than average little romantic comedy.