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Double Wedding

Double Wedding

1937Movie⏱️ 1h 27mApproved
ComedyRomance
6.9
IMDB Rating
2,745 votes

Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.

Director
Richard Thorpe
Writers
Jo Swerling, Ferenc Molnár
Stars
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice
Release Date
October 15, 1937
Language
English
Country
United States
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Wins
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

William Powell
William Powell
as Charles Lodge
Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy
as Margit Agnew
Florence Rice
Florence Rice
as Irene Agnew
John Beal
John Beal
as Waldo Beaver
Jessie Ralph
Jessie Ralph
as Mrs. Kensington-Bly
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
as Spike
Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler
as Keough
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. Keough
Barnett Parker
Barnett Parker
as Flint
Katharine Alexander
Katharine Alexander
as Claire Lodge

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedywedding ceremonypowell and loyartistinterrupted wedding

🎯 Categories

Screwball ComedyComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Double Fun
by kenjha2008-07-07
8/10

"Powell is an artist, a free spirit who disrupts the well-made plans of Loy, who controls the lives of her kid sister (Rice) and the latter's fiancé with an iron fist. Like the dozen other teamings of Powell and Loy, it is fun to watch the two pros match wits. Beal is funny as Rice's milquetoast fiancé, whom Powell tries to make a man out of. Powell is an aspiring writer/director who coaches Beal and Rice in acting out a love story; unable to arouse passion out of Beal, Powell demonstrates by passionately kissing the lovely Rice, who falls in love with him. Of course, Powell falls in ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Production was halted because of the June 7, 1937 death of William Powell's fiancée Jean Harlow. Powell later described finishing the movie as "very difficult under the circumstances". Myrna Loy, a good friend of Harlow's, disliked the film because of her death, stating in her autobiography it was "the scapegoat for concurrent despair".

📖 Synopsis

Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.