Weddings Are Wonderful

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Weddings Are Wonderful
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Written by
Produced by George Smith
Starring
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by Daniel Birt
Music byHarris Weston
Production
company
Canterbury Films
Distributed by RKO Pictures
Release date
  • 21 September 1938 (1938-09-21)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£17,566 [1]

Weddings Are Wonderful is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring June Clyde, Esmond Knight and René Ray. It was made at Walton Studios. [2]

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Synopsis

When she discovers that he has been cut off by his father without a penny, the gold-digging singer Cora Sutherland abandons her fiancée Guy Rogers. However the same night he meets and falls in love with a young woman, Betty Leadbetter, who has taken shelter in his flat after escaping from a raid on a gambling club. Guy must persuade her strait-laced mother to allow them to marry while trying to fend off Cora who has heard about the relationship and sports an opportunity for blackmail.

Cast

References

  1. Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 470–494 at 482.
  2. Wood p.99

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