The Wedding Night

“TONIGHT She'd leave the man she LOVED with all her SOUL...to MARRY the man she despised!”

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops romantic feelings for Manya Novak, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik Sobieski. After a snowstorm, Tony and Manya get trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists that her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

Director

King Vidor

Screenplay

Edith Fitzgerald

Music

Alfred Newman

Status

Released

Release date

08/03/1935

Original language

English