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 (screen play), 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	...	Boo Brinker
Tom Tully	...	Whitman Brinker
Barbara Bates	...	Jeanne Brinker
Jerome Cowan	...	Carleton Towne
Mary Wickes	...	Rosemary McNally
James Burke	...	Luke Potter
Raymond Roe	...	Bud Mitchell
Marjorie Bennett	...	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 | mass confusion | magazine | indiana | wedding | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because the Thomas E. Dewey/Harry S. Truman presidential race was going on during filming, one of Mary Wickes' character's lines was shot with both candidates names in it. The original print used Dewey as the winner. When Truman unexpectedly won, the other version was quickly printed and rushed to theaters.

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Goofs

When Linda and Carey are in Carlton's office and it cuts to a close-up of two suitcases containing various stickers all over them; the larger of the two is positioned behind a chair. But on a following cut when Linda picks up the suitcases; the larger suitcase is now positioned on the side of the chair and the sides of the suitcase that faces the camera have also changed.

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Quotes

Carleton Towne: I need somebody like you. Now you're good looking, charming, a good sense of humor, intelligent and an attractive personality.
Carey Jackson: Are you offering me a job or proposing to me?

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Connections

Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: June Bride (1958)

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Soundtracks

Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)
(uncredited)
Music by Juventino Rosas
Whistled by the man painting the wall

User Reviews

Bitchy Sarcasm Between Sophisticates Works for Me!

A rare Betty Davis film that's funny. She works well playing off of Robert Montgomery. Biting, witty, satirical dialogue is very funny between the two. I would never imagine these two actors together, but in this film, it works! Could have been a cloying, icky sweet film but isn't. Wonderful supporting players (Mary Wickes, Sandra Gould, Jerome Cowan, Fay Bainter). Wish someone would write films like this again, films for smart people. Alas, we are left with monosyllabic grunts most of the time. For a break, rent this film!

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