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 date
  • March 3, 1948 (1948-03-03)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,685,000 [1]
Box office$3,766,000 [1]

The Bride Goes Wild is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog.

Contents

Van Johnson stars as irresponsible children's book author and part-time playboy Uncle Bumps, who is introduced to a no-nonsense children's book illustrator played by June Allyson.

Plot

Cast

Reception

The film earned $2,707,000 in the US and Canada and $1,059,000 elsewhere. [1] [2]

On June 4, 1948, The New York Times ' 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.” [3]

Josephine O'Neill praised the film in her July 18, 1949, review in the Daily Telegraph: “MGM's moonstruck pair, Van Johnson and June Allyson, become surprisingly engaging comedians in this frivolous comedy. They have the fillip of an original story… Norman Taurog, who knows his comedy and his kids, lays on the laughter freely. Sometimes his slapstick is enormously successful — as when the orphanage kids submit Van and his harassed publisher (Hume Cronyn) to an Indian raid. Sometimes, as in the ants-at-the-wedding, it is Mack Sennett. The result is generally fetching, with livelier dialogue than usual; and one of the prettiest tipsy scenes from Miss Allyson that you could imagine. To sum up: Enjoyment. [4]

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. [5]

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 ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
  3. ↑ Crowther, Bosley (1948-06-04). "THE SCREEN; ' The Bride Goes Wild,' Featuring Butch Jenkins, Van Johnson, June Allyson, at Capitol". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. ↑ "Josephine O'Neill's REVIEWS". Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954). 1948-07-18. p. 19. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  5. ↑ 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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