The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

1935 · 83 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (19 votes)
Dir. King Vidor · Starring Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Ralph Bellamy, Helen Vinson, Sig Ruman, Esther Dale · Music Alfred Newman

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

DramaRomance

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.

VIBE

A stifling, repressed romance unfolds amidst rural isolation. Expect simmering desires, societal expectations, and a tragically inevitable descent into jealousy and ruin. It's a classic tale of love gone wrong.

melancholictenseromantictragicslow-burnperiod dramamelodramaclassic Hollywoodforbidden lovesocietal pressurejealousytragedy
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