June Bride (1948)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Bretaigne Windust

Writers:

Graeme Lorimer (play)
Ranald MacDougall (writer)

Release Date:

29 October 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...

Plot Keywords:

Magazine | Indiana | Wedding | Editor | Reconciliation

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bette Davis	...	Linda Gilman
Robert Montgomery	...	Carey Jackson
Fay Bainter	...	Paula Winthrop
Betty Lynn	...	Barbara 'Boo' Brinker
Tom Tully	...	Mr. Whitman Brinker
Barbara Bates	...	Jeanne Brinker
Jerome Cowan	...	Carleton Towne
Mary Wickes	...	Rosemary McNally
James Burke	...	Luke Potter
Raymond Roe	...	Bud Mitchell
Marjorie Bennett	...	Mrs. Nellie Brinker
Ray Montgomery	...	Jim Mitchell
George O'Hanlon	...	Scott Davis

Also Known As:

Feature for June (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #13104) | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Movie debut of Debbie Reynolds.

Quotes:

Linda Gilman: Corey, this will be a nineteen page feature about five thousand words. Here are my background notes. We'll call it "June Bride".
Carleton Towne: Isn't that a little daring?

Movie Connections:

Featured in All About Bette (1994) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)

Breezy fun

A "change of pace" for Bette, she rises to the challenge of comedy (more successfully than she did in The Bride Came COD, which was more of the "hit them over the head with the joke" school) in this understated, low key movie. Robert Montgomery is blessedly restrained (he can be extremely tedious when he gets on his "I'm the funniest thing going" kick), and the entire production is well mounted.