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Double Wedding (1937)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. Director:Richard Thorpe |
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Title: Double Wedding (1937)
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Charles Lodge
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| Myrna Loy | ... |
Margit Agnew
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Florence Rice | ... |
Irene Agnew
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John Beal | ... |
Waldo Beaver
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Jessie Ralph | ... |
Mrs. Kensington-Bly
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Edgar Kennedy | ... |
Spike
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Keough
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Mary Gordon | ... |
Mrs. Keough
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Barnett Parker | ... |
Flint
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Katharine Alexander | ... |
Claire Lodge
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Priscilla Lawson | ... |
Felice
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Bert Roach | ... |
Shrank
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Waldo and Irene have been living with Margit for the four years that they have been engaged. Margit has planned the wedding and the honeymoon - in fact, Margit plans everything down to what they will have for breakfast every day. The only problem is that Waldo is a milquetoast and Irene does not want to be married to a milquetoast. So she says she is in love with Charlie, a bohemian artist/producer who lives in a trailer behind Spike's Place. When Margit confronts Charlie about giving up Irene, Charlie sees that she is the one for him. To make everyone happy, Charlie will have to help Waldo get a backbone. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
15 October 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Doppelhochzeit See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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(1838) (uncredited)
Music by Robert Schumann
Played on the violin during rehearsal at Spike's Place
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When Charlie and Irene are sitting in a restaurant waiting for Waldo, Charlie opens his cigarette case and takes out a cigarette; a couple of shots later, the cigarette is lit and Charlie is smoking it although we have never seen him light it. See more »Soundtracks
"Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7 'Träumerei'"(1838) (uncredited)
Music by Robert Schumann
Played on the violin during rehearsal at Spike's Place
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"Double Wedding" is an enjoyable, albeit dizzying comedy starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. It's really a tribute to the cast that they were able to carry on in such a wacky movie despite being shut down for a time due to Jean Harlow's untimely death. Both Powell, who was involved with Harlow, and Loy, who was a friend of hers, took her death very hard.
Powell and Loy play polar opposites in this film. She is a complete control freak who has her life, her sister's life, and the life of her sister's fiancé, planned down to the millisecond. Along comes Powell, who lives in a trailer and hocks items when he needs money. Once he's in their lives, all bets are off, and chaos reigns supreme.
The cast is great but the whole thing kind of veers off focus from time to time. The writing isn't as strong as in some of the other screwball comedies of the era. But Powell is a treasure and teamed with Loy, even more so.