The Wedding Night (1935)

  • NR
  • 03/08/1935 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 23m

TONIGHT She'd leave the man she LOVED with all her SOUL...to MARRY the man she despised!

Overview

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

King Vidor

Director

Edith Fitzgerald

Screenplay

Edwin H. Knopf

Story

Cast

Gary Cooper's headshot

Gary Cooper

Tony Barrett
Anna Sten's headshot

Anna Sten

Manya Novak
Ralph Bellamy's headshot

Ralph Bellamy

Fredrik Sobieski
Helen Vinson's headshot

Helen Vinson

Dora Barrett
Sig Ruman's headshot

Sig Ruman

Mr. Jan Novak
Esther Dale's headshot

Esther Dale

Mrs. Kaise Novak
Leonid Snegoff's headshot

Leonid Snegoff

Sobieski
Eleanor Wesselhoeft's headshot

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Mrs. Sobieski

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