The Bride Walks Out
| The Bride Walks Out | |
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| Directed by | Leigh Jason |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Howard Emmett Rogers |
| Produced by | Edward Small |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $289,000[1] |
| Box office | $670,000[1] |
The Bride Walks Out is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks, and Helen Broderick. Based on an original story by Howard Emmett Rogers, the film is about a woman forced to give up her job as a fashion model by her new husband. Unable to meet her financial obligations, the woman secretly gets another job. The Bride Walks Out was the first of six films Edward Small made at RKO.
Plot
[edit]Michael Martin and his friend Paul Dodson get themselves (as planned) fired from a company that pays them less than another company that they both have been working for secretly. With higher wage from the other company, Michael marries the reluctant Carolyn, his love interest who has had expensive tastes, at a marriage license bureau and forces her to quit her job as a model for a fashion store.
At the bureau, the newlywed Martins argue, infuriating a security guard into arresting Michael. In a court, a drunken millionaire Hugh McKenzie, who is himself charged for a disorderly conduct, decides to also cover Michael's fine. Now out of jail, the Martins repays Hugh money.
Despite being settled as a housewife, Carolyn still buys expensive items but secretly has their furniture repossessed months later to cover unpaid payments, unbeknownst to Michael. Then Hugh buys their repossessed furnitures and has the furnitures restored to their original positions. Michael still has been unaware of the full story until he encounters Carolyn's longtime maid, who admits having been cooking their food for a while since Carolyn returned to her former job. He then becomes angry toward Carolyn for her deceit. She then scolds Michael for being ungrateful and then files for divorce.
Michael and Paul go to Hugh's department store company to break a window. When they are escorted to Hugh's office, rather than send them to jail, Hugh admits falling in love with Carolyn, whom Hugh has been trying to win over and has gone out with. To prevent her from marrying Hugh, Michael decides to take a job offer at South America, where he would be likely in danger, so he could give her a $50,000 life insurance policy in case of his death.
Paul's wife Mattie discovers Paul's own beneficiary papers and forbids him from going there. Then Paul and Mattie go to find and then tell Carolyn and Hugh about Michael's soon-to-be departure. To prevent Michael from leaving for the trip, Hugh reluctantly drives them to the station and then sends a security guard to instigate a fight with Michael. Then Carolyn, Paul, and Mattie get arrested instead in Michael's stead after taking credit for Hugh's schemes. After Michael jumps and clutches to the police patrol truck, the Martins reconcile their marriage, and Carolyn decides to re-quit her modeling job and become a housewife again.
Cast
[edit]- Barbara Stanwyck as Carolyn Martin
- Gene Raymond as Michael Martin
- Robert Young as Hugh McKenzie
- Ned Sparks as Paul Dodson
- Helen Broderick as Mattie Dodson
- Willie Best as Smokie
- Robert Warwick as Mr. McKenzie
- Billy Gilbert as Mr. Donovan
- Wade Boteler as Field Engineer
- Hattie McDaniel as Carolyn's Maid
Reception
[edit]The film made a profit of $164,000.[1]