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59% Critic Match
The Wedding Night
“TONIGHT She'd leave the man she LOVED with all her SOUL...to MARRY the man she despised!”
5.9 / 10• 1935• 1h 23m•NR• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops romantic feelings for Manya Novak, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik Sobieski. After a snowstorm, Tony and Manya get trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists that her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.
Cast & Crew
Gary Cooper
Tony Barrett
Lead
Anna Sten
Manya Novak
Ralph Bellamy
Fredrik Sobieski
Helen Vinson
Dora Barrett
Sig Ruman
Mr. Jan Novak
Esther Dale
Mrs. Kaise Novak
Leonid Snegoff
Sobieski
EW
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Mrs. Sobieski
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. King Vidor's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Wedding Night is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
