Double Wedding (1937)
- Starring:
- William Powell, Myrna Loy, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
Synopsis of Double Wedding
Richard Thorpe's comedy Double Wedding (1937) marked the seventh screen pairing of William Powell and Myrna Loy, known for their popular appearances together in the Thin Man series. Powell is Charlie Lodge, a bohemian artist who lives in a trailer, camped in an auto parking space in a busy city. Lodge believes that work is meaningless - that life should be full of entertainment and relaxation and nothing else. Loy is Margit Agnew, a stylish dress-shop proprietor who constantly works herself into the ground. Margit has picked a suitable husband for her younger sister Irene (Florence Rice), a rather dull and ineffectual young man named Waldo Beaver (John Beal). While together, Irene and Waldo happen upon the improvident Lodge. Charlie subsequently encourages the girl to break free of the oppressive constraints of her fiance and sister, and to pursue her dreams of heading out to Hollywood and becoming an actress; Irene immediately fancies herself in love with Charlie. Loy intervenes by confronting Powell --and anyone who can't guess who's going to fall in love at this point should be drummed out of the theater. This amusing and affable by-the-numbers MGM comedy was based on a play by Ferenc Molnar. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Double Wedding
- William Powell - Charlie Lodge
- Florence Rice - Irene Agnew
- Jessie Ralph - Mrs. Kensington-Bly
- Sidney Toler - Keough
- Barnett Parker - Flint
- Priscilla Lawson - Felice
- Charles Coleman - Mrs. Bly's Butler
- Gwen Lee - Woman in Crowd
- John Miller - Pickpocket
- Doodles Weaver - Fiddle Player
- Jack Daugherty - Chauffeur
- Henry Taylor - Angelo
- E. Alyn Warren - Al
- Donald Meek - Rev. Dr. Flynn
- Roger Gray - Mike
- Billy Dooley - Saxophonist
- Myrna Loy - Margit Agnew
- John Beal - Waldo Beaver
- Edgar Kennedy - Spike
- Mary Gordon - Mrs. Keough
- Katherine Alexander - Claire Lodge
- Jack Baxley - Bartender
- George Pat Collins - Mounted Policeman
- Irving Lipschulz - Violinist
- Bert Roach - Shrank
- Roger Moore - Pianist
- George Guhl - Pete
- Josephine Whittell - Woman Customer
- Oscar O'Shea - Turnkey
- Mitchell Lewis - Orator
- Jules Cowles - Gus
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
- Writer(s):
- Jo Swerling
- Producer(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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