Wedding Night

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11/04/2013 ★★★ (out of four) Melodramatic, but still effective weeper that explores what happens when you marry the wrong person before the right one comes along. The lead actress Anna Sten was being groomed as the next Greta Garbo, but things didn't quite work out and she never became a major star. Gary Cooper plays Tony Barrett, a writer who isn't quite in his prime. His stories aren't as good and he has turned more and more to alcohol. He convinces his wife Dora into moving back to the Connecticut country to help him clear his head. She stays with him at first, but can't stand being away from New York, so she heads back to the city. While she is away Tony falls for the pretty dutch girl Manya (Sten) who lives next door. Some of the moments feel designed just to draw sympathy for Manya, but others moments are surprisingly perceptive and the characters behave with real emotion and realness. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Zeppo1/WeddingNightThe_zpsac03ba31.jpg[/IMG] See more 06/29/2013 Heavy handed dour drama was the last of the big budget films to try and turn Anna Sten, Goldwyn's Folly, into another Garbo. The mistake of that was the actress while not bad, a little overfond of popping her eyes but otherwise fine, isn't suited to that persona. Had they pursued a lighter image for her which she seems inclined to perhaps her career would have fared better in American films. Poor Ralph Bellamy, usually an enjoyable presence in pictures, is made ridiculous by his silly casting as a Polish peasant. Cooper fares better mostly because an accent is not forced upon him and his star power is able to shine through. The person who comes across best even though her character is not the most pleasant is Helen Vinson as Cooper's estranged wife. It is at times confusing since she and Sten bear a strong resemblance to each other a fact not played up in the movie and so it serves no purpose but to distract the audience. See more 09/04/2008 good stuff fun early rom-com See more Read all reviews

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