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ComedyYear1936Duration1h 21mIMDb6.2

Wedding Present

ComedyRomance

When Charlie Mason is promoted from irresponsible reporter to hard-nosed city editor, it costs him his girlfriend, ace reporter Rusty Fleming. After he hears she's engaged to another, he quits and tries to win her back.

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Cast

RW

Richard Wallace

Director

Joan Bennett

Monica 'Rusty' Fleming

Cary Grant

Charlie Mason

George Bancroft

Pete Stagg

Conrad Nagel

Roger Dodacker

Gene Lockhart

Archduke Gustav Ernest

William Demarest

'Smiles' Benson

Inez Courtney

Mary Lawson

Edward Brophy

Squinty

Purnell Pratt

Howard Van Dorn

Douglas Wood

Willett

George Meeker

Gordon Blaker

DF

Damon Ford

Mike Haley

Lois Wilson

Laura Dodacker

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Dodacker

George Offerman Jr.

Sammy Smith

JH

John Henry Allen

Jonathan

Charles Arnt

Reporter

EB

Eddie Baker

Motorcycle Cop

JA

Joseph Anthony

Writer

Paul Gallico

Writer

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6 Comments

OfficialWajeMay 29, 2023

source: Wedding Present

Naty🤎Nov 16, 2022

Wedding Present

majesty TwinsNov 16, 2022

Richard Wallace (A Night to Remember) directed this screwball comedy vehicle for a young Cary Grant, who plays Charlie, a man whose promotion to city editor drives his reporter girlfriend Monica "Rusty" Fleming (Joan Bennett, who was also in Big Brown Eyes with Grant) to New York City. That means that Charlie must grab his friend "Smiles" Benson (William Demarest, Uncle Charlie from My Three Sons) and try to win back his lady love. Gene Lockhart, who plays the Archduke Gustav Ernest, would appear with Grant again in one of his biggest roles, His Girl Friday. It's funny knowing the Grant that would end up in films like North by Northwest and see him in his fast-talking days, rushing through slapstick antics. That said, this is a fun escape from the majority of the bad news that is on the TV these days, a reminder than 1930's films are still worthy of rediscovery.

William Last KRMNov 16, 2022

Screwball comedy reminiscent of His Girl Friday - which also starred Cary Grant. Zany reporters (Grant, Joan Bennett), an editor who can't live or without them, and some strictly-for-laughs gangsters. An open manhole gag worthy of any silent comedy, too. But the ending is a bit implausible. You can't really get away with that much malicious mischief, can you?

@TeezyNov 16, 2022

A rather undistinguished film, the sometimes incomprehensible romantic comedy WEDDING PRESENT contains a numerous amount of potentially interesting plot devices and story elements, but ultimately fails to capitalize on it's own potential and ends up making little to no real impression. Various characters and plot threads are introduced with great fanfare, only to be dropped with no explanation as the film wanders through it runtime with no clear direction. Cary Grant and Joan Bennett are fine in the leads, and even have a respectable degree of chemistry, but they are let down by the film's lack of narrative and structure. Not a bad film by any means, but certainly an unfortunate waste of enormous talent and considerable potential.

Esther MoulakaNov 16, 2022

one of films who must see. not for story itself but for actors. and for the moral lesson about responsibility. in fact, a love story like many from the same period comedies. a shining Cary Grant, a seductive Joan Bennett and a not usual present for wedding. a mix of stories with never end - the story of Archiducke is the most relevant - and a lot of humor in different styles , from bitter to crazy. short, a nice story about free spirits and about media, about friendship with a gangster and the spiced dialogues with the woman who represents the love of your life.

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