The Groom Wore Spurs

The Groom Wore Spurs
Directed by	Richard Whorf
Screenplay by	Robert Libott Frank Burt
Story by	Robert Carson
Produced by	Howard Welsch
Starring	Ginger Rogers Jack Carson
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Otto Ludwig
Music by	Arthur Lange Emil Newman
Production company	Fidelity Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 13, 1951 (1951-03-13)(New York) [1]
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Groom Wore Spurs is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Ginger Rogers and Jack Carson.

Plot

Hollywood singing cowboy Ben Castle hires lawyer A. J. Furnival to help him overcome gambling debts to Harry Kallen that he incurred in Las Vegas. Kallen recognises A. J. as the daughter of a legendary attorney who had helped him on several occasions. Castle seduces A. J. into a quick wedding with Kallen, forgiving Castle his debts. A. J. discovers that Castle schemed the entire meeting and wedding with the intended result. Encouraged by her roommate Alice, A. J. seeks revenge by living with him. She settles Castle's film contract and then discovers that he is a milquetoast who is unable to ride a horse or sing. Gangsters try to frame Castle with a murder.

Cast

• Ginger Rogers as A. J. Furnival
• Jack Carson as Ben Castle
• Joan Davis as Alice Dean
• Stanley Ridges as Harry Kallen
• John Litel as Uncle George
• James Brown as Steve Hall
• Victor Sen Yung as Ignacio
• Mira McKinney as Mrs. Forbes
• Gordon Nelson as Ricky
• George Meader as Bellboy at the Lariat
• Kemp Niver as Killer
• Robert Williams as Jake Harris

Soundtrack

• "No More Wandrin' Around" (Music by Emil Newman, lyrics by Leon Pober)

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times , critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "Pity poor Ginger Rogers. In a thing called 'The Groom Wore Spurs,' an utterly lustreless item, ... she has to struggle with an assignment that would make any actress look like a chump—the sort of assignment, in fact, that has made many a lesser actress and audience writhe in pain. ... The only thing funny about this picture is that it is called a Fidelity film." ^[1]

References

1. Crowther, Bosley (1951-03-14). "The Screen in Review". The New York Times . p. 41.

External links

• The Groom Wore Spurs at IMDb
• The Groom Wore Spurs is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive