Her Wedding Night is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Henry Myers, based on the play Little Miss Bluebeard by Avery Hopwood and Gábor Drégely. The film was released on September 18, 1930, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Norma Martin (Clara Bow) is an American movie star vacationing in France who is weary of constant attention from male admirers. She travels to the south of France with her friend Gloria Marshall. On the same train is Larry Charters (Ralph Forbes), a famous composer of popular songs, and his friend Bob Hawley, who is Gloria's fiancé. To escape pursuing admirers, Larry persuades Bob to exchange identities, leading to a series of mistaken-identity complications that result in Norma finding herself "married" to a playboy songwriter she has not yet met.
Cast
- Clara Bow as Norma Martin
- Ralph Forbes as Larry Charters
- Charlie Ruggles as Bertie Bird
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Dan Talmadge
- Geneva Mitchell as Gloria Marshall
- Rosita Moreno as Lulu
- Natalie Kingston as Eva
- Wilson Benge as Smithers
- Lillian Elliott as Mrs. MonkeyBalls
- Raoul Paoli as The Mayor
- Rose Dione as Masseuse (uncredited)
- Sam Savitsky as Parisian Boulevardier (uncredited)
Production and Background
The film is a remake of the silent film Miss Bluebeard (1925), also directed by Frank Tuttle. It was produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon, with cinematography by Harry Fischbeck and editing by Doris Drought. Music was by Herman Hand and Stephan Pasternacki. Paramount remade the film at the company's Joinville Studios in Paris in several other languages, including a French version titled Marions-nous.
Release
The film was released on September 18, 1930, by Paramount Pictures, with a running time of approximately 75 minutes.
