After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.
Norman Ainsley
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
- 2nd Bootblack
- (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
- Weight-Guesser
- (uncredited)
Jack Baxley
- $100 Rercipient
- (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
- Wedding Guest
- (uncredited)
Francis X. Bushman Jr.
- Mirabelle's Pickup
- (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
- $100 Recipient
- (uncredited)
Frank Darien
- Mr. Bartlett
- (uncredited)
Max Davidson
- $100 Recipient
- (uncredited)
Gordon De Main
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Clay Drew
- Stage Doorman
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThis was one of Carole Lombard's least favorites among her own filmography. Chester Morris also thought during filming that the movie was a "turkey". Sadly, the newly enforced Production Code had laundered the script beyond recognition, and dulled its impact. Nine months earlier, it would have been a different story.
- GoofsThe story is supposedly taking place in New York City, but during the automobile chase near the end of the film the principals in their Mercedes drive up Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, passing the Mayflower Hotel and in and out of the Grand Central Garage. In another scene they pop into a hotel lobby with Hotel Stowell, located on South Spring Street, in Los Angeles, in the background. (In fairness, Los Angeles was not a popular vacation destination until the 1950s, so the vast majority of moviegoers at the time would not have noticed this.)
- Quotes
Mirabelle: There's no sense to marrying a racketeer. They don't live long.
Mary Magiz: Well, what's wrong with that?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
- SoundtracksMississippi Honeymoon
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Sung by Arthur Jarrett in the show
Incorporated often into the music score
Featured review
Lombard at her most beautiful.
Easy to see why Lombard was the highest paid actress in Hollywood at one time. Breathtakingly beautiful and with a wonderful sense of humor. That said, The Gay Bride is a fun movie but very much on the modest side. An amusing trifle about a heartless, gold-digging chorus girl bent on marrying one gangster after another, only to see them wiped out before she can get her hands on the cash. Chester Morris, a gangster's book-keeper, the one true love interest - whom of course she despises because he has no money. Amusing sparks struck between the two that provides the main thrust of the comedy. The great Zasu Pitts in a wisecracking supporting role. Not a great movie but a few good laughs - and a chance to see Lombard at her most luminous. Worth the time.
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- Feb 4, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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