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1945 British film
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Jimmy Hanley and Patricia Medina
Directed byPaul L. Stein
Written byJack Whittingham
Produced byPaul L. Stein
StarringPatricia Medina
Jimmy Hanley
Marie Lohr
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byTed Richards
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company		Butcher's Film Service
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 29 January 1945 (1945-01-29)
Running time89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Kiss the Bride Goodbye is a 1945 British romantic comedy drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Patricia Medina and Jimmy Hanley.

Plot

Factory girl Joan Dodd and Jack Fowler are in love and expect to marry in due course. When Jack is called up for war service, Joan's socially-ambitious mother seizes the chance to encourage the attentions of Joan's older boss Adolphus Pickering, who is infatuated with her. Pickering proposes marriage and, under pressure from her mother, Joan accepts.

The preparations for the marriage are under way when Jack returns unexpectedly on leave from the army. He visits Joan, and her mother hides him in another room whilst Joan's suitor arrives to request her father's permission to marry Joan. On the morning of the wedding, Joan finds out that Jack is back and tried to see her, so decides to go and explain to Jack. On speaking to Jack's mother, she finds he's already left for the station to go to Scotland, so rushes to catch him. While Joan is still on the train talking to Jack, the train sets off. The pair decide to visit Joan's aunt and uncle in another area, and they assume that she and Jack are just married, and prepare a bridal chamber for the couple, much to their embarrassment. Comic misunderstandings ensue all round, until Joan finally insists on the right to marry the man of her choice.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The sets were designed by the art director James Carter.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "In spite of the worn-out central theme, leading to usual sort of jokes, this is a well-acted and directed comedy, with a strong supporting cast, and it will doubtless amuse many people."

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Broad romantic farce but well played."

Leslie Halliwell said: "Unsubtle family farce."

The Film Report said "there are many laughs and few dull moments", but also found some of the humour on the risqué side: "The situations at times come very near the edge and there are many suggestive lines".

Survival

The subsequent history of the film is unclear. There was a record of a TV showing in the U.S. in 1953. The British Film Institute had been unable to locate a print for inclusion in the BFI National Archive and classed the film as "missing, believed lost". Due to its interest as a populist production of its time and as a lost Simmons appearance, as well as increasing appreciation from film historians of Stein's directorial output in Britain, the film is included on the BFI's "75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films.

The Huntley Film Archives posted a clip on their official YouTube channel, claiming to have a copy of the entire feature. In 2013 Renown Pictures Ltd released a DVD of the film.

References

  1. "Kiss the Bride Goodbye". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. "Kiss the Bride Goodbye". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 11 (121): 113. 1 January 1944 – via ProQuest.
  3. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 223. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  4. Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 565. ISBN 0586088946.
  5. "Kiss The Bride Goodbye". BFI. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. "Kiss the Bride Goodbye / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  7. Kiss the Bride Goodbye Huntley Film Archives youtube channel. Retrieved 9 April 2014
  8. Kiss the Bride Goodbye Huntley Film Archives website. Retrieved 9 April 2014
  9. "Kiss the Bride Goodbye [1947113] - £7.99 : Renown Films". www.renownfilms.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014.

External links

Films directed by Paul L. Stein
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