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Quiet Wedding |
Quiet Wedding - 1940 | 80mins | Comedy | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Anthony
Asquith. Producer: Paul Soskin. Script: Anatole de Grunwald and Terence Rattigan. (from a play by Esther McCraken) Cinematography: Bernard Knowles. Art Direction: Paul Sheriff. Editing: Reginald Beck. Music Direction: Nicholas Brodsky . |
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The CastMargaret Lockwood
- Janet Royd Derek Farr - Dallas Chaytor Marjorie Fielding - Mildred Royd A.E. Matthews - Arthur Royd Athene Seyler - Aunt Mary Jean Cadell - Aunt Florence Margaretta Scott - Marcia David Tomlinson - John Royd Peggy Ashcroft - Flower Lisle Sidney King - Denys Frank Cellier - Mr. Clayton Roland Culver - Boofy Ponsonby Michael Shepley - Marcia's Husband Muriel Pavlow - Miranda Bernard Miles - PC Margaret Rutherford - Magistrate |
Plot SynopsisJanet and Dallas become engaged and decide to have a
quiet wedding, but their parents think otherwise. The fittings, the
interfering relatives, local busybodies, the wedding rehearsal - all
result in Janet becoming anxious. She quarrels with her mother, then
with Dallas. The arrival of Aunt Mary removes the threat of a broken
engagement; she advises Dallas to 'kidnap' Janet the night before the
wedding. Dallas does so, and the young couple are reconciled. Arrested
for dangerous driving by a dim country policeman on their way home,
they finish up in the local police station. The family bails them out
in time, and the 'quiet wedding' at last takes place. Excerpt© 'Puffin Asquith' by R.J. Minney. |
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