June Bride (1948)

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

Director:

Bretaigne Windust

Writers:

Ranald MacDougall (screenplay), Eileen Tighe (play)

Stars:

Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited 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

Storyline

Foreign correspondent Carey Jackson is offered a job on Home Life, a "women's" magazine; he accepts when he finds the editor is his old flame Linda Gilman. Verbal pyrotechnics fly between Carey and Linda as they go to Indiana to cover the Brinker family's "typical American wedding." But triangles lurk beneath the surface of the impending nuptials. Can Carey rescue a story (and his job) out of the wreckage? Can all the sundered hearts be re-united?

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Plot Keywords:

screwball comedy | magazine | indiana | wedding | editor | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 October 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Feature for June

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on August 29, 1949 with Bette Davis reprising her film role.

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Goofs

When Carey first sits down on the couch during their first evening at her place, in the long shot there is six inches of space between him and Linda. But, in the next close-up shot he is sitting right up against her.

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Quotes

Linda Gilman: I beg your pardon?
Carleton Towne: No harm done.

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Connections

Featured in All About Bette (1994)

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Soundtracks

How Dry I Am
(uncredited)
Traditional
Played when Carey falls in the snow

User Reviews

a curious film

I found this film quite interesting, especially given the current mania for home makeover shows on TV. Bette Davis plays a magazine editor who, for each monthly issue, completes a home makeover for one lucky family. For the June issue, she will make over a family home in Indiana for their daughter's wedding. The catch - her writer is a new hire and a former lover, played by Robert Montgomery. Looking for a "scoop," he uncovers the real romance his goal-oriented editor misses. There's a wedding alright, but not necessarily the one that was planned...

Despite an odd pairing of Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery (which still sort of worked for me somehow) and a very disappointingly engineered ending, I quite enjoyed this film, especially Bette Davis' portrayal of the middle aged career woman.