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The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

  • Status: Released
  • 08-03-1935
  • Runtime: 83 min
  • Score: 6
  • Vote count: 23

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.

Gary Cooper

Tony Barrett

Anna Sten

Manya Novak

Ralph Bellamy

Fredrik Sobieski

Helen Vinson

Dora Barrett

Sig Ruman

Mr. Jan Novak

Esther Dale

Mrs. Kaise Novak

Leonid Snegoff

Sobieski

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Mrs. Sobieski

Milla Davenport

Grandmother

Walter Brennan

Bill Jenkins

Agnes Anderson

Helena

Hilda Vaughn

Hezzie Jones

Alphonse Martell

Waiter

Miami Alvarez

Party Guest

Violet Axzelle

Frederica

Jay Belasco

Party Guest

Robert Bolder

Doctor

Ed Ebele

Uncle

Constance Howard

Party Guest

George Magrill

Wedding Guest with Plate

George Meeker

Gilly (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Party Guest (uncredited)

Richard Powell

Party Guest Mixing Cocktails

Harry Semels

Wedding Guest

Heidi Shope

Anna

Bernard Siegel

Wedding Guest

Robert R. Stephenson

Wedding Guest

August Tollaire

Wedding Guest

Dave Wengren

Wedding Guest

Douglas Wood

Leland Heywood

Otto Yamaoka

Taka

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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.