Weddings Are Wonderful

Weddings Are Wonderful
Weddings Are Wonderful
Directed by	Maclean Rogers
Written by	Douglas Hoare (play); Sydney Blow (play); Kathleen Butler; H. F. Maltby;
Produced by	George Smith
Starring	June Clyde; Esmond Knight; René Ray;
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Daniel Birt
Music by	Harris Weston
Production; company	Canterbury Films
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	21 September 1938;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£17,566

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]

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

June Clyde as Cora Sutherland
Esmond Knight as Guy Rogers
René Ray as Betty Leadbetter
Frederick Lloyd as Mr. Leadbetter
Bertha Belmore as Mrs. Leadbetter
Bruce Seton as John Smith
Anthony Holles as Adolph
George Carney as Rogers
Eliot Makeham as Minor role
Muriel George as Betty's maid

References

^ 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. p. 470-494 at 482.
^ Wood p.99

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

Weddings Are Wonderful at IMDb

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[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. p. 470-494 at 482.

[2] Wood p.99

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