The Lottery Bride (1930)
- Starring:
- Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, (more)
- Director(s):
- Paul Stein
- Category:
- Romance
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Based on "Bride 66", a tone poem by composer Herbert Stothart, The Lottery Bride takes place in a distinctly Hollywoodized Norway. Ever on the lookout for extra cash, heroine Jenny Swanson (Jeanette MacDonald) coerces her sweetheart Chris Svenson (John Garrick) to participate with her in a three-day marathon race. When the exhausted couple fails to win first prize, Jenny enters herself in a "wife lottery." Though the lucky winner appears to be Chris's older brother, it is actually Chris himself -- but he isn't aware of it, having embarked on a dirigible expedition to the Yukon. Only after surviving a crash landing does Chris return home for a blissful reunion with Jenny. With a plot this silly, why did the producers bother to hire Joe E. Brown and ZaSu Pitts as comedy relief? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 65 mins
Complete Cast of The Lottery Bride
- Jeanette MacDonald - Jenny Swanson
- Joe E. Brown - Hoke Curtis
- Robert Chisholm - Olaf Svenson
- Harry Gribbon - Battleaxe Boris
- Frank Brownlee - Guard
- Paul Hurst - Lottery Agent
- John Garrick - Chris Svenson
- ZaSu Pitts - Hilda
- Joseph Macaulay - Alberto
- Carroll Nye - Nels Swanson
- Robert E. Homans - Miner
- Max Davidson - Marriage Broker
- Director(s):
- Paul Stein
- Writer(s):
- Horace Jackson, Howard Emmet Rogers
- Producer(s):
- Joseph M. Schenck, Arthur Hammerstein
- Categories:
- Romance
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