The Wedding Night (1935)
- Starring:
- Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, (more)
- Director(s):
- King Vidor
Synopsis of The Wedding Night
In this Samuel Goldwyn production directed by King Vidor, the studio's intent was to make Russian-born Anna Sten a star, but it didn't succeed. Sten plays Manya Nowak, a Polish farm girl attracted to Tony Barrett (Gary Cooper), a novelist with writer's block who has retreated to a Connecticut farmhouse to find his muse. Barrett's wife Dora (Helen Vinson) misses the city and returns there, while Tony decides to use Manya as a character in his next novel. They become friends, and Tony learns that her straightlaced father Jan (Sigfried Rumann) has betrothed Manya to Fredrik Sobieski (Ralph Bellamy), whom she does not love. Manya and Tony spend a chaste night together when a blizzard shuts them in. Her father drags her home and demands that she marry Fredrik immediately. Many arguments and disagreements ensue. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Wedding Night
- Gary Cooper - Tony Barrett
- Helen Vinson - Dora Barrett
- Sig Rumann - Jan Nowak
- Walter Brennan - Bill Jenkins
- Alphonse Martell - Waiter
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft - Mrs. Sobieski
- Auguste Tollaire
- Bernard Siegel
- Richard Powell - Truck Driver
- Violet Axzelle - Frederica Sobieski
- Otto Yamaoka - Taka
- Agnes Anderson - Helena
- Jay Eaton
- Jay Belasco - Party Guest
- Anna Sten - Manya Nowak
- Ralph Bellamy - Frederik Sobieski
- Esther Dale - Kaise Nowak
- Miami Alvarez
- Douglas Wood - Heywood
- Hilda Vaughn - Hezzie Jones
- Leonid Snegoff - Mr. Sobieski
- Harry Semels
- George Meeker - Gilly
- Dave Wengren
- George Magrill
- Milla Davenport - Grandmother
- Constance Howard
- Robert Bolder - Doctor
- Director(s):
- King Vidor
- Writer(s):
- Edith Fitzgerald
- Producer(s):
- Samuel Goldwyn
- 1935 - Venice International Film Festival - Volpi Cup for Best Director
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