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The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 8, 1935

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Wedding Night

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions, Howard Productions

Director

King Vidor

Description

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.