The Gay Bride

The Gay Bride (1934)

The Preacher asked "WILL YOU TAKE THIS MAN?" She Answered "I WILL-AND HOW!"

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Date of release
1934-12-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Crime, Comedy
Director
Jack Conway

Casting

Interesting facts

The Gay Bride is a 1934 American crime-screwball comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises. It was written by the husband-and-wife team of Sam and Bella Spewak, based on the story "Repeal" by Charles Francis Coe.

Production

The Gay Bride began shooting on 20 September 1934 and finished on 23 October. It used the working title of "Repeal", which was the title of the short story by Charles Francis Coe it was based on, which had been published in the Saturday Evening Post at the end of 1933. The title refers to the repeal of Prohibition, which ruined the business of the bootlegger played by Nat Pendelton.

When casting the film, Jean Harlow was considered for the female lead, and Clark Gable, Lyle Talbot, Ricardo Cortez, Russell Hardie and Richard Arlen for the male lead. For the role played by ZaSu Pitts, Una Merkel and Isabel Jewell were considered.

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