The Bride Wore Red (1937)

Director:

Dorothy Arzner

Writers:

Ferenc Molnár (play)
Tess Slesinger (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

8 October 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Count Armalia believes that the luck of birth is all that separates the rich from the poor. To test his theory...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Postman | Clothes | Foreign Language Adaptation | Alps

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Anni Pavlovitch
Franchot Tone	...	Giulio
Robert Young	...	Rudi Pal
Billie Burke	...	Contessa di Meina
Reginald Owen	...	Admiral Monti
Lynne Carver	...	Maddelena Monti
George Zucco	...	Count Armalia
Mary Philips	...	Maria (as Mary Phillips)
Paul Porcasi	...	Signor Nobili
Dickie Moore	...	Pietro
Frank Puglia	...	Alberto
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nino Bellini	...	Cosmos Club Waiter (uncredited)
Agostino Borgato	...	Cordellera Bar Waiter (uncredited)
Adriana Caselotti	...	First Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Robert Cauterio	...	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Irene Coleman	...	Cosmos Club Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Gino Corrado	...	Cosmos Club Croupier (uncredited)
Franco Corsaro	...	Hotel Chauffeur (uncredited)
Rita Gould	...	Saleslady (uncredited)
Geneva Hall	...	Tango Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Judels	...	Cordellera Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
Jean Lewis	...	Second Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta	...	Rudi's Waiter (uncredited)
Francisco Marán	...	Cosmos Club Doorman (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell	...	Hotel Headwaiter (uncredited)
John Oliver	...	Page Boy (uncredited)
Ann Rutherford	...	Third Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Rafael Storm	...	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Mike Tellegen	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Sailor at Cordellera Bar (uncredited)

Directed by
Dorothy Arzner

Writing credits
Ferenc Molnár		(play "The Girl From Trieste") (as Ferenc Molnar)
Waldo Salt		(adaptation) uncredited and
Catherine Turney		(adaptation) uncredited
Tess Slesinger		(screenplay) and
Bradbury Foote		(screenplay)

Produced by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz	....	producer

Original Music by
Franz Waxman

Cinematography by
George J. Folsey		(as George Folsey)

Film Editing by
Adrienne Fazan

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Costume Design by
Adrian		(gowns)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Woehler	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Daniel B. Cathcart	....	associate art director
Edwin B. Willis	....	associate art director

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director

Music Department
Paul Marquardt	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Val Raset	....	dances stager
Wallace Worsley Jr.	....	script clerk (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1937) (USA) (theatrical) (as Loew's Incorporated)

Runtime:

103 min | Germany:99 min (TV)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #3582)

Filming Locations:

Austria

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Ferenc Molnár's play was unpublished and called "The Girl from Trieste."

Quotes:

Admiral Monti: Anne Vivaldi, that's it! It's been on the tip of my tongue all night.
Contessa di Meina: How cozy.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Who Wants Love?

A hidden jewel in the acting crown of Crawford.

Considered a flop in the past(it is the film that got Joan labeled box office poison, despite the fact that the film before it, Mrs. Cheyney, was a big hit), viewed today, it is incredible how much Joan gave to an obviously butchered script. Her scenes alone in her "ivory tower" of a room, especially when she notices that the birds have gone from their nest, are acting in it's highest form. Strangely, this is one of a number of films where she plays the working girl that we DO NOT feel much sympathy for her.