Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersSundance Film FestivalIndependent Spirit AwardsBlack History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

The Bride Wore Red

  • 19371937
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
ComedyDramaRomance
A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.A lounge singer is sent by a count to pose as a wealthy socialite.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
    • Dorothy Arzner
  • Writers
    • Tess Slesinger(screen play by)
    • Bradbury Foote(screen play by)
    • Ferenc Molnár(from a play by)
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Franchot Tone
    • Robert Young
    • Dorothy Arzner
  • Writers
    • Tess Slesinger(screen play by)
    • Bradbury Foote(screen play by)
    • Ferenc Molnár(from a play by)
  • Stars
    • Joan Crawford
    • Franchot Tone
    • Robert Young
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Photos44

    Joan Crawford and Robert Young in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Mary Philips in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Mary Philips in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Lynne Carver in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Lynne Carver in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    George Zucco in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Charles Judels in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Joan Crawford and Robert Young in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Joan Crawford and Robert Young in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Joan Crawford and Robert Young in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Joan Crawford, Robert Young, and Franchot Tone in The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Joan Crawford and Robert Young in The Bride Wore Red (1937)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    • Anni
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • Giulio
    Robert Young
    Robert Young
    • Rudi Pal
    Billie Burke
    Billie Burke
    • Contessa di Meina
    Reginald Owen
    Reginald Owen
    • Admiral Monti
    Lynne Carver
    Lynne Carver
    • Maddelena Monti
    George Zucco
    George Zucco
    • Count Armalia
    Mary Philips
    Mary Philips
    • Maria
    • (as Mary Phillips)
    Paul Porcasi
    Paul Porcasi
    • Nobili
    Dickie Moore
    Dickie Moore
    • Pietro
    Frank Puglia
    Frank Puglia
    • Alberto
    Rafael Alcayde
    Rafael Alcayde
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Nino Bellini
    • Cosmos Club Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Agostino Borgato
    Agostino Borgato
    • Cordellera Bar Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Adriana Caselotti
    • First Peasant Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Cauterio
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Irene Coleman
    Irene Coleman
    • Cosmos Club Hat Check Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Cosmos Club Croupier
    • (uncredited)
      • Dorothy Arzner
    • Writers
      • Tess Slesinger(screen play by)
      • Bradbury Foote(screen play by)
      • Ferenc Molnár(from a play by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
    6.4
    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
    A Woman's Face
    7.2
    A Woman's Face
    Queen Bee
    6.7
    Queen Bee
    Sadie McKee
    6.8
    Sadie McKee
    The Damned Don't Cry
    7.2
    The Damned Don't Cry
    Strange Cargo
    6.9
    Strange Cargo
    Female on the Beach
    6.4
    Female on the Beach
    Autumn Leaves
    6.8
    Autumn Leaves
    Christopher Strong
    6.3
    Christopher Strong
    Rain
    6.9
    Rain
    Humoresque
    7.3
    Humoresque
    Mannequin
    6.6
    Mannequin

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      During filming, an electrician fell from the catwalk high above the set, narrowly missing the film's star, Joan Crawford. Shooting was temporarily halted while the man was rushed to hospital. Crawford refused to resume production until she was assured that the man would be fully cared for, that he would remain on salary, and that his family would be provided for. Crawford also called the hospital each day afterwards for reports on his condition.
    • Quotes

      Anni Pavlovitch: I want you to marry her, and I want my love to haunt you...to make you lie awake at night, to burn your heart, to make you sick with pain! I want you to think of me and to ache for me. I want never to see you again!

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, a music box is shown playing a tune in the background.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      Who Wants Love?
      (1937)

      Music by Franz Waxman

      Lyrics by Gus Kahn

      Sung by Joan Crawford (uncredited) at the Cordellera Bar

      Played throughout as part of the score

    User reviews29

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    7/10
    Cinderella With The Clock Ticking
    The Bride Wore Red is based on an unpublished Ferenc Molnar play which he probably couldn't get anyone on Broadway interested in. So for a reduced rate he sold the property to MGM which gave it the usual lavish MGM treatment.

    American accents which bothered some other reviewers didn't bother me. Sometimes they stand out, sometimes they don't. In this case Joan Crawford was cast in a role she played dozens of times before as the poor girl given a chance at riches and does she grab.

    This variation on the Pygmalion theme starts in a café in Trieste where Crawford sings and presumably will do other things for her supper. It's in the red light district of Trieste. Count George Zucco hires her on a whim to prove that clothes and manner do make the individual. Zucco showers Crawford with a new wardrobe giving her the chance to show off those Adrian gowns and gives her two weeks at a resort in the Tyrol where the high society pleasures itself.

    To make this last though Crawford has to land a husband and she lands on Robert Young. But he's slightly engaged to Lynne Carver, a sweet young thing. They're traveling with friends Reginald Owen who is a foxy old rogue and married to Billie Burke who has to watch the fox like a hawk.

    The local postman Franchot Tone is interested in her, but Crawford figures to do better than him. Her only friend is a former café colleague in Mary Phillips who is working as a maid in that hotel. Though the experiment is Pygmalion like, Crawford feels more like Cinderella with the clock inevitably ticking towards midnight.

    I think you can probably figure out where this all ends if you're any kind of film fan and Crawford fan. Dorothy Arzner's direction sharpens the character that Crawford created in Grand Hotel as an anxious to rise stenographer taking her couple of steps lower in society and seeing if she can make the climb.

    Franchot Tone who was married to Joan Crawford at the time got a break of sorts in this film. Normally he'd be the society guy who Crawford is trying for. As the common, but somewhat erudite postman for once he's not in formal wear in a film.

    Another surprise is Billie Burke who together with Mary Boland and Spring Byington was busy playing delightful airheads in her film. She's quite serious and quite good, but inevitably went back to being typecast after this film was completed.

    The Bride Wore Red will please Joan Crawford fans immensely and this is a most typical example of the kind of character she played in her years at MGM.
    helpful•10
    0
    • bkoganbing
    • Jul 25, 2010

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • October 8, 1937 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Austria
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • 1 hour 43 minutes
      • Black and White

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    The Bride Wore Red (1937)
    Top Gap
    By what name was The Bride Wore Red (1937) officially released in Canada in English?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.