Here Comes the Groom (1951)
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Here Comes the Groom was the second collaboration between director Frank Capra and star Bing Crosby. Though not as "socially relevant" as previous Capra productions, the film is a thoroughly likeable yarn about a happy-go-lucky newspaperman named Pete (Bing Crosby). In order to legally adopt a brace of war orphans, Pete must marry within a week. His plans to wed his longtime sweetheart Emmadel (Jane Wyman) come acropper when she, tired of waiting for him to pop the question, becomes engaged to wealthy Wilbur Stanley (Franchot Tone). Conspiring with Wilbur's cousin Winifred (Alexis Smith), Pete spends the balance of the film trying to win Emmadel back. From all accounts, the set of Here Comes the Groom was a happy one, the conviviality extending to Alexis Smith's willingness to be on the receiving end of several jokes concerning her height (she seems nearly a head taller than Crosby!). The film's best scene is the Bing Crosby-Jane Wyman duet "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," reportedly filmed in one take without post-dubbing. As a bonus, Here Comes the Groom introduces a bright new singing talent, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and is festooned with uncredited guest stars, ranging from Dorothy Lamour to Louis Armstrong. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Bing Crosby - Pete Garvey
- Alexis Smith - Winifred Stanley
- James Barton - Pa Jones
- Jacques Gencel - Bobby
- Connie Gilchrist - Ma Jones
- Alan Reed, Sr. - Walter Godfrey
- Maidel Turner - Aunt Abby
- Nicholas Joy - Uncle Prentiss
- Ellen Corby - Mrs. McGonigle
- Irving Bacon - Baines
- Art Baker - Radio announcer
- Laura Elliot - Maid
- Frank Fontaine - Himself
- Phil Harris - Himself
- Almira Sessions - Passenger on airplane
- John Farrell MacDonald - Man
- Howard Joslin - Newsreel cameraman
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer - Messenger
- Walter McGrail - Newsreel director
- Charles Evans - Mayor
- Charles Lane - Burchard, FBI agent
- Don Dunning - Passenger on airplane
- Howard Freeman - Governor
- Julia Faye - Passenger on airplane
- Jane Wyman - Emmadel Jones
- Franchot Tone - Wilbur Stanley
- Robert Keith - George Degnan
- Beverly Washburn - Suzi
- Walter Catlett - Mr. McGonigle
- Minna Gombell - Mrs. Godfrey
- H.B. Warner - Uncle Elihu
- Ian Wolfe - Uncle Adam
- James Burke - Policeman
- Ted Thorpe - Paul Pippitt
- Anna Maria Alberghetti - Theresa
- Dorothy Lamour - Herself
- Louis Armstrong - Himself
- Cass Daley - Herself
- Odette Myrtil - Gray lady
- Franklin Farnum - Passenger on airplane
- Frank S. Hagney - Passenger on airplane
- Ed Randolph - Photographer
- Charles Halton - Cusick
- Adeline Reynolds - Aunt Amy
- Rev. Neal Dodd - Priest
- Donald Kerr - Neighbor
- Charles Sullivan - Photographer
- Director(s):
- Frank Capra
- Writer(s):
- Myles Connolly, Liam O'Brien, Virginia van Upp
- Producer(s):
- Frank Capra
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