The Bride Comes Home

The Bride Comes Home is a 1935 comedy film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray and Robert Young. It was written by Claude Binyon and Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.

The Bride Comes Home
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Wesley Ruggles
Screenplay by	Claude Binyon
Story by	Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Produced by	Wesley Ruggles
Starring	Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Robert Young
Cinematography	Leo Tover
Edited by	Paul Weatherwax
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 25, 1935 (1935-12-25) (USA)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

After the bankruptcy of her father's business, penniless Chicago socialite Jeannette Desmereau (Colbert) works with magazine editor Cyrus Anderson (MacMurray) and publisher Jack Bristow (Young). They discuss love and wedding plans. However, when Bristow and Desmereau set in motion plans to marry, Anderson decides to win her back. This is a romantic comedy with money, bad tempers and love in the balance.

Cast

• Claudette Colbert as Jeannette Desmereau
• Fred MacMurray as Cyrus Anderson
• Robert Young as Jack Bristow
• William Collier, Sr. as Alfred Desmereau
• Donald Meek as The judge
• Richard Carle as Frank (butler)
• Edgar Kennedy as Henry
• Johnny Arthur as Otto
• Kate MacKenna as Emma
• Jimmy Conlin as Len Noble
• Edward Gargan as Cab driver

Critical reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene strongly praised the film as "satirical comedy of a very high order". Emphasizing the performance given by Claudette Colbert, Greene suggested that Colbert's having been given a third role in film (following It Happened One Night and She Married Her Boss) made fact of the claim that "Miss Colbert is the most charming light-comedy actress on the screen".^[1]