Here Comes the Groom
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Edward Sedgwick
Jack Haley
Mary Boland
Neil Hamilton
Patricia Ellis
Isabel Jewell
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Synopsis
When his girl friend Angy leaves him for refusing to become a successful thief, piccolo player Mike Scanlon holds up a poker game just as two real thieves do the same. To escape the police, Mike hops a train and hides in the bridal compartment of Pat Randolph, an heiress who has eloped with masked radio crooner Marvin Hale in order to teach the man she loves, Jim Hatfield, a lesson. When Hale, believing his father-in-law has gone bankrupt, deserts Pat, she asks Mike to impersonate the singer for her family, who has never met him. At the Randolphs' estate in Glendale, California, Jim tells Pat she is throwing her beautiful self on a clown, while Pat's pushy aunt Annabelle Whidden, a fan of Marvin Hale, begs Mike to sing. Mike then discovers Angy has found work as the Randolphs' maid. After a restless night in separate beds, Mike and Pat come down to breakfast, where Mike tries to sooth both Jim's and Angy's anger by telling them he does not love Pat. When Hale is heard over the radio, Mike runs to the piano and mouths the words for Annabelle. Angy then steals Annabelle's priceless pearls, which have been earmarked as Pat's wedding gift. Jim accuses Mike of flirting with the maid, and Mike explains Pat's scheme. While Mike moves the house radio to a warehouse to avoid being discovered by Annabelle, Jim swears his love to Pat. After Annabelle reports the pearls missing, Angy sees Mike's picture in the newspaper as an escaped thief and falls in love with him again. Hale then arrives to collect his divorce settlement, and Angy knocks him out, claiming he is actually Mike Scanlon. The police remove Hale, while Jim and Pat cover for Mike. Pat demands the pearls from Angy, who confesses she hid them in the radio, and all race to the furniture warehouse where the pearls are found. Hearing Angy and Mike's love story, Annabelle drops the charges and presents Pat with her new wedding present. Mike then gets a job with an orchestra.
Director
Edward Sedgwick
Cast
Jack Haley
Mary Boland
Neil Hamilton
Patricia Ellis
Isabel Jewell
Lawrence Gray
Sidney Toler
E. H. Calvert
James Burtis
Ward Bond
James Farley
Fred Toones
Arthur Treacher
Ernest S. Adams
Edwin Sturgis
Crew
Harry Joe Brown
Ralph Ceder
Emanuel Cohen
Dave Garber
Mack Gordon
Milton Krasner
Leonard Praskins
Harry Revel
Casey Robinson
Charles R. Rogers
Henry Sharp
Arthur Singley
Adolph Zukor
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On 12 April 1934, Daily Variety listed a starting date of 16 April for a film called Here Comes the Bride, which is probably this film. According to a news item in DV, the production unit split into two companies: Ralph Ceder directed chase sequences, while Edward Sedgewick directed the remaining crew. Daily Variety also reported that Eddie Welch was writing comedy dialogue for the film. According to press material, Milton Krasner was the film's cameraman and was assisted by three unnamed photographers. Henry Sharp, however, is listed on the film. Press material also states that Jack Haley supervised the writing of his role in the final rewrite. Humorous ads for this film state: "Her wedding bells were cracked...and so was her groom," and "She didn't take him for better or worse!...She took him for a chump!" The preview length for this film was 75 minutes.
