Happy Is the Bride
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| Directed by | Roy Boulting |
| Produced by | Paul Soskin |
| Screenplay by |
Roy Boulting Jeffrey Dell |
| Based on | play Quiet Wedding by Esther McCracken. |
| Starring |
Ian Carmichael Janette Scott Cecil Parker |
| Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
| Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
| Edited by | Anthony Harvey |
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Paul Soskin Productions (as Panther)
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| Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
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Running time
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84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Happy Is the Bride is a 1958 black and white British comedy film written and directed by Roy Boulting and starring Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Cecil Parker, Terry-Thomas and Joyce Grenfell. It is based on the play Quiet Wedding by Esther McCracken, previously filmed in 1941.
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father. One way or another the wedding - if there is one - is going to be an unforgettable occasion.
Leonard Maltin called the film a "mild farce"; while Bosley Crowther in The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Boulting has assembled and directed a typically fine British cast, which plays the farcical proceedings with skill and apparent enjoyment...all the characters are amusing. That's usually the way in a Boulting film."
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