The Bride Walks Out (1936)

Extremely proud, Michael Martin made fashion model Carolyn quit her job, after their marriage. Carolyn quickly, quietly and secretly did get another job, when she realizes Michael cannot successfully make their financial ends meet, alone.

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
Robert Warwick	...	Mr. McKenzie
Billy Gilbert	...	Mr. Donovan
Wade Boteler	...	Field Chief of 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 immediately realizes that he cannot make financial ends meet on their salary alone, so she gets another job & tries keeping it a secret, from him.

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Plot Keywords:

screwball comedy | job | salary | fashion model | marriage | 

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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

Box Office

Budget:

$289,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min 81 min (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (R C A Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film did well at the box office, earning RKO a profit of $164,000 ($2.9M in 2017) according to studio records.

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Goofs

Michael tells the cab driver to take him to Pier 48, North River (i.e. Hudson River). However, when Carolyn, Hugh, Paul and Mattie arrive, there is a large sign indicating it's Pier 21.

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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
(1788) (uncredited)
Traditional Scottish song
Sung at New Year's Eve party

User Reviews

$35 a Week Can't Buy a Good Script

Bride Walks Out, The (1936)

** (out of 4)

Disappointing film from RKO has Barbara Stanwyck playing fashion model Carolyn who is courted by a blue collar working man (Gene Raymond). The two are married and he forces her to quit her job as he thinks they can survive on his $35-a-week paycheck but soon she goes to work behind his back and is courted by a rich man (Robert Young) who is in love with her. THE BRIDE WALKS OUT starts off pretty flat and just continues to go downhill from there. Despite the good cast there's really no life in this comedy-drama for a number of reasons but the biggest has to be the lack of chemistry between Stanwyck and Raymond. Not for a second did they feel like a real married couple and throughout the movie I had a hard time believing these two people would ever actually be together. Another problem is the screenplay, which for some reason makes the husband out to be the dumbest man I've seen from any Hollywood film of the 1930s. I watch dozens, if not hundreds, of films from this era and for the life of me I was struggling to come up with a dumber male character. The film has a very sexist attitude about it, which goes against many of the roles Stanwyck played throughout the decade but there are several bits of dialogue where it's said that for a man to be "manly" that he should hit a woman. Add on more sexist stuff including the fact that he doesn't believe women should work and that he's constantly doing and saying one dumb thing after another, the viewer really can't help but hate the guy and want to see Stanwyck get away from him. The one good thing in the film is the chemistry between Stanwyck and Young but you'll be disappointed in how the screenplay plays this off in the end but what's an even bigger head-scratcher is that it's never really explained why Young becomes such a vital part in her life. Ned Sparks tries to add some comic relief and fails and film buffs will also enjoy seeing Hattie McDaniel and Billy Gilbert in small roles. You can also quickly see Willie Best at a court sequence but he's not given a single line of dialogue. This attractive cast might make fans tune in when the film is shown on TCM but you're bound to be disappointed.