The Bride Walks Out (1936)

Proud Michael Martin makes fashion model Carolyn quit her job when they marry, but she secretly gets a job when she cannot make ends meet.

Director:

Leigh Jason

Writers:

P.J. Wolfson (screen play), Philip G. Epstein (screen play),

Stars:

Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Carolyn Martin
Gene Raymond	...	Michael Martin
Robert Young	...	M. Hugh McKenzie
Ned Sparks	...	Paul Dodson
Helen Broderick	...	Mattie Dodson
Willie Best	...	Smokie - at marriage bureau
Robert Warwick	...	Mr. McKenzie
Billy Gilbert	...	Mr. Donovan - collector for Acme Furniture
Wade Boteler	...	Field chief - Alliance Engineering Corp.
Hattie McDaniel	...	Mamie - Carolyn's maid (as Hattie McDaniels)

Storyline

Carolyn and Michael fall in love and decide to marry. However, Michael insists that Carolyn quit her job. She soon finds that the two of them cannot make ends meet on his salary alone, so she gets a job and tries to keep it a secret from him.

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Plot Keywords:

job | salary | fashion model | budget | honeymoon | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 1936 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carolyn veut divorcer

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward Small Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min 81 min (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Mamie - Carolyn's maid: Can't see why white men folks don't want their women folks to work. I had to git to work the minute I got married. My husband retired with the Marriage Certificate.
[laughs]

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Soundtracks

"Auld Lang Syne"
Traditional Scottish song
Sung at New Year's Eve party

User Reviews

not my favorite Stanwyck

This is a very dated story about two people in love, Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond, and their marital problems. Stanwyck plays a model who came from a poor home, and she doesn't want to give up her $50 a week job and live on only Raymond's $35/week salary. He talks her into it anyway, though she screams all the way down the aisle. Soon she finds herself in money trouble and gets involved with a playboy, Robert Young. To ease her financial problems, she works on the sly.

The performances are delightful, but it's a slim story and then there's the business of this guy not wanting his wife to work. I normally don't have a problem watching films in the context of their times, but in this case, the husband seemed unreasonable to me. Ned Sparks and Helen Broderick are hilarious. Stanwyck is always fresh and sincere. Gene Raymond is attractive, but I've always failed to see why he was so important to MGM that Mayer forced Jeannette Macdonald to marry him. The film didn't really hold my interest, but Stanwyck is always worth seeing.