Bridal Suite

This article is about the 1939 film. For the 1960 composition by Leonard Bernstein, see Bridal Suite (Bernstein).

Bridal Suite
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Directed by	Wilhelm Thiele
Screenplay by	Samuel Hoffenstein
Story by	Gottfried Reinhardt Virginia Faulkner
Produced by	Edgar Selwyn
Starring	Annabella Robert Young Walter Connolly Reginald Owen Gene Lockhart Arthur Treacher
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	May 26, 1939 (1939-05-26)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bridal Suite is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Samuel Hoffenstein. The film stars Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Arthur Treacher. The film was released on May 26, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Neil McGill, a wealthy and spoiled American playboy, who is engaged to his fiance, Abbie, becomes attracted to Luise Anzengruber, a poor innkeeper, at a Swiss chalet, which he visiting with his mother. When Luise finds Neil's advances as inappropriate, she rebuffs him and goes on a hike in the mountains with Dr. Grauer. Luise and the doctor are stranded and Neil searches for them. Neil finds the pair, but is himself stranded after an avalanche. Luise warms up to Neil and the three are rescued. Upon their return to the chalet, Neil tells Dr. Grauer he wants to marry Luise, but has not told his mother his intentions. Dr. Grauer warns him that his marriage to Luise would require him to put away his playboy lifestyle in exchange for hard work. When Neil says he has nothing to offer Luise but his charm, Dr. Grauer convinces him to forget marrying Luise and return to America. Neil's mother makes plans for Neil and Abbie to marry on the ship, but Luise unexpectedly shows up. Luise discovers Neil and Abbie's plans and leaves. Neil confesses his love for Luise to Abbie. Abbie replies she intends to marry him and take him for everything he's got. Neil pursues Luise who runs away from him. Neil's attempt to stop her results in a fight breaking out with bystanders. When the ship arrives, Neil's parents are exasperated that Neil, once again, has run away from marriage. Storming in to Neil's room, they discover Neil in bed with Luise, who is now his wife. Neil's father, with Luise's insistence, offers him a job in his business as a shipping clerk, which Neil happily accepts.

Cast

• Annabella as Luise Anzengruber
• Robert Young as Neil McGill
• Walter Connolly as Doctor Grauer
• Reginald Owen as Sir Horace Bragdon
• Gene Lockhart as Cornelius McGill
• Arthur Treacher as Lord Helfer
• Billie Burke as Mrs. McGill
• Virginia Field as Abbie Bragdon
• Felix Bressart as Maxl

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  Annabella
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  Robert Young
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  Walter Connolly
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  Gene Lockhart
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  Arthur Treacher
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  Billie Burke

Television view

This film received its initial USA telecast in Los Angeles Tuesday 18 December 1956 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in New Haven CT 14 January 1957 on WNHC (Channel 8), in Cincinnati 15 January 1957 on WXIX (Channel 19) (Newport KY), in Philadelphia 12 February 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Altoona PA 24 February 1957 on WFBG (Channel 10), in Seattle 28 February 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Chicago 1 March 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), in Minneapolis 20 April 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9) and in Norfolk VA 6 May 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3); in San Francisco it was first seen Monday 21 December 1959 on KGO-TV (Channel 7); its earliest documented telecast in New York City presently stands at Saturday 18 May 1963 on WCBS (Channel 2).

External links

• Bridal Suite at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Bridal Suite at the TCM Movie Database
• Bridal Suite at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films