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Double Wedding (1937) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

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1930s Screwball: Love is News, Double Wedding, Young in Heart

By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 4, 2023 From 4 Star Films

I normally try to focus on a theme to better curate my viewing. This post will encapsulate 3 films whose primary players don’t have much in common.?However, if you wanted a loose point of connection, all three are comedies from 1937-38. It all happened when I was on the lookout for some underr... Read full article


Double Wedding (1937) (3)

By Beatrice on Oct 10, 2013 From Flickers in Time

Double Wedding Directed by Richard Thorpe Written by Jo Swerling based on a play by Ferenc Molnar 1937/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing I had never heard of this movie before, so it came as a delightful suprise. Margit Agnew (Myrna Loy) is naturally bossy and has taken over her sister Irene&#... Read full article


Double Wedding (1937) (2)

on Aug 1, 2013 From Journeys in Classic Film

The end of Double Wedding is no mystery, it’s right there in the title.? Obviously,? Powell and Loy are going to get married, along with another couple by the end.? There are moments where the cast comes together to create magic, the finale especially, but the rest of the movie feels weak.? Pa... Read full article


Double Wedding (1937) (1)

By Lindsey on Jan 16, 2013 From The Motion Pictures

Irene and Waldo think that Charlie’s directing talents could lead them to Hollywood success some day. (Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP) Waldo (John Beal) and Irene (Florence Rice) are a young, engaged couple, full of life and hopeful for a great future. Unfortunately, they’re living wi... Read full article


Weddings in Film ~ Whose Wedding is it Anyways? ~ Double Wedding (1937)

By Google profile on Jun 18, 2012 From Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. My Weddings in Film series explores the different stages of getting married as seen through classic movies. The fourth film, Double Wedding (1937), asks the question: whose wedding is... Read full article


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Charles Lodge: Women don't like noble, self-sacrificing men. Women are not civilized like we are. They like bloodshed. They like forceful men, like me.


Margit Agnew: Do you take dope?


Charles Lodge: I remember men in our regiment who'd ride out across the sands against the Arabs to face a certain horrible death carrying a rose in their teeth.
Margit Agnew: I seem to see you with spaghetti.


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Production was partially shut down because of the death (7 June 1937) of Jean Harlow, to whom William Powell was engaged.
The seventh of fourteen films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy.
Several performers in studio records and casting call lists were not seen in the movie. These were, with their character names, Charles Coleman (Mrs. Bly's Butler), Josephine Whittell (Woman Customer), Mitchell Lewis (Orator) and John 'Skins' Miller (Pickpocket). According to a news item, Robert Benchley was to have a featured role, but he wasn't in the movie either.
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