Double Wedding (1937)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

Ferenc Molnár (play)
Jo Swerling (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 October 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free spirited artist in an auto trailer have romantic complications in this screwball comedy.

Plot Keywords:

Milquetoast | Trailer | Screwball | Sister | Wedding

Cast

William Powell	...	Charles 'Charlie' / 'Horse' Lodge
Myrna Loy	...	Margit 'Baby' Agnew
Florence Rice	...	Irene Agnew
John Beal	...	Waldo Beaver
Jessie Ralph	...	Mrs. 'Stonewall Jackson' Kensington-Bly
Edgar Kennedy	...	Spike
Sidney Toler	...	Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler
Mary Gordon	...	Mrs. Keough
Barnett Parker	...	Mr. Flint, Margit's Bookkeeper
Katharine Alexander	...	Claire Lodge
Priscilla Lawson	...	Felice, Margit's Secretary
Bert Roach	...	Shrank

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #3611) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Production was partially shut down because of the death (7 June 1937) of Jean Harlow, to whom William Powell was engaged.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a scene near the end that takes place in William Powell's trailer, an Oscar statuette is visible in the background standing on a white shelf. In the next shot, the statuette is on top of a black box that is on the white shelf. The following shot has the Oscar back on the white shelf. A few moments later, the statuette is knocked over, and is seen toppling from on top of the black box again.

Quotes:

Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler: I, Miss Agnew, was the first G-man - long before they thought of it in Washington.

Movie Connections:

References A Day at the Races (1937)

Soundtrack:

The Wedding March

Absolutely delightful, hilarious.

A very funny, romantic movie. I enjoyed all the little creative pieces of "business" and lines such as "...you rang my gong." I enjoyed the treat of Sidney Toler as Keough.

I enjoyed the beautiful, wonderful cars of the 1930s, and the background scenes of beautiful, wonderful downtown Los Angeles of the '30s and into the 1950s. I was born there in 1934 and remember it well when it was a beautiful place to live. Ah, nostalgia!! This is what it really did look like then.