The Bride Goes Wild

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The Bride Goes Wild
"The Bride Goes Wild" (1948).jpg
Directed by Norman Taurog
Screenplay byAlbert Beich
Produced byWilliam H. Wright
Starring Van Johnson
June Allyson
Cinematography Ray June
Edited byGeorge Boemler
Music by Rudolph G. Kopp
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • March 28, 1948 (1948-03-28)(Los Angeles) [1]
  • June 3, 1948 (1948-06-03)(New York) [2]
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,685,000 [3]
Box office$3,766,000 [3]

The Bride Goes Wild is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Van Johnson and June Allyson.

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Plot

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "For a movie with as inauspicious a title as 'The Bride Goes Wild' … this patchwork of sentiment and slapstick is a surprisingly genial little show. And if you'll take it as nonsense entertainment, it will give you a pretty good time. In the first place, that title means nothing—absolutely nothing at all. More appropriate to the evident activities would be 'The Picture Goes Wild.' For the most salient aspect of the story is its positive progression from a point of comparative intelligence at the beginning to reckless disorder at the end." [2]

Critic Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Except for its framework of plot, 'The Bride Goes Wild' is practically a throwback to the Keystone comedies—outlandish, fantastic and everything else good and bad for which these old action laugh getters were famous. Probably till doomsday the formula will still remain laugh getting .. However, audiences today, while they may enjoy these semilunatic movies in the theater, are more than likely to become embarrassed about it all afterward and not recommend such an exhibit to their friends. Consequently, 'The Bride Goes Wild' may only enjoy moderate approval at the box office, because it is on the idiotic list." [1]

In The Boston Globe , reviewer Marjory Adams wrote: "'[W]hile its title is hackneyed and its plot is light. the picture surprisingly turns out to be gay and welcome entertainment. In fact this critic can unhesitatingly recommend the new comedy to everyone who likes to be amused and who enjoys novel twists of characterization." [4]

The film earned $2,707,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,059,000 elsewhere. [3] [5]

Legacy

The Bride Goes Wild was presented on the Stars in the Air radio program on February 28, 1952. Dick Powell and June Allyson starred in the 30-minute adaptation. [6]

Turner Classic Movies presented The Bride Goes Wild on October 7, 2015 in commemoration of what would have been Allyson's 98th birthday.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 Schallert, Edwin (1948-03-29). "'Bride Goes Wild' Roars at Fast Clip". Los Angeles Times . p. 15.
  2. 1 2 Crowther, Bosley (1948-06-04). "The Screen: ' The Bride Goes Wild,' Featuring Butch Jenkins, Van Johnson, June Allyson, at Capitol". The New York Times . p. 27. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  4. ↑ Adams, Marjory (1948-05-28). "New Films: State and Orpheum: "The Bride Goes Wild"". The Boston Globe . p. 34.
  5. ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  6. ↑ Kirby, Walter (February 24, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 38. Retrieved May 28, 2015– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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