Wedding parade

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Movie
German title Wedding parade
Original title Here comes the groom
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1951
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Frank Capra
script Virginia Van Upp
Liam O'Brien
Myles Connelly
production Frank Capra
music Joseph J. Lilley
camera George Barnes
cut Ellsworth Hoagland
occupation

Wedding Parade (original title Here Comes the Groom ) is an American comedy film from 1951 directed by Frank Capra . The main roles are cast with Jane Wyman and Bing Crosby . The plot is based on a story by Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien, who was also involved in the script for the film. At the Academy Awards in 1952 , the film produced by Paramount Pictures was awarded an Oscar in the "Best Song" category.

action

Pete Garvey, who worked as a reporter for The Boston Morning Express for three years in Paris covering war orphans, receives a call from his editor, George Degnan, who offers him a new post in the Far East . Pete wants to face the new challenge. Then, however, he receives the message from his childhood sweetheart Emmadel "Emmy" Jones, to whom he was engaged for a long time, that she no longer wants to wait for him because she finally wants to get married and have children. Pete sees his chance to change her mind in returning to America and bringing Robert Dulac, known as Bobby, who he looked after like a father during his stay in Paris. First of all, however, he has to clear the necessary formalities, which further delays his departure for America. In addition, Bobby does not want to leave without Suzi, a little girl who joined him during the war. So Pete decides to give both children a new home. On his return, however, he finds that Emmy has had to wait too long. She is now planning to step in front of the wedding altar with her millionaire boss Wilbur Stanley, a real estate tycoon, in a few days. Pete's situation is made even more difficult by the fact that the authorities made him an obligation to prove that he was married as quickly as possible, otherwise the children would be taken away from him.

Pete is now moving heaven and earth to win Emmy back, and not just in the children's interest. To his surprise, Wilbur Stanley, whom he had imagined as an old man, turns out to be his equal. Pete manages to find accommodation on Wilbur's estate. He offers him a deal: Both men should try fairly to secure Emmy's love without getting in each other's way. Wilbur, who is pretty sure of Emmy's love, gets involved in Pete's game. At his new home, Pete meets Wilbur's distant relative, Winifred, whom Wilbur has long loved, unbeknownst to Wilbur. Pete tries to use this fact for his own purposes. He turns the colorless Winifred into a daring young woman. At the dress rehearsal for the wedding there is a "wrestling match" between Winifred and Emmy after Winifred has publicly announced her love for Wilbur. Wilbur only knew Emmy as a perfect lady, but to Pete's annoyance, she is also taken with the unladylike Emmy.

The wedding is followed live by the press and television, as the multimillionaire Wilbur Stanley is marrying the fisherman's daughter Emmy. The ceremony is interrupted when Pete appears with an FBI agent and the crying children in tow. The agent claims Pete tried to kidnap the children so they would not be sent to France. Wilbur promises to adopt the children after they get married, but Bobby and Suzi do not want to separate from Pete. Emmy asks Wilbur to do something. In front of the television cameras, he offers Pete his place at the altar. In the end, Emmy and Pete become a married couple.

After the ceremony, Pete admits that the "FBI agent" was a reporter, and Wilbur congratulates him on the move. He himself has now fallen in love with Winifred. When Pete drives off with his small family, Emmy confesses to him that she immediately knew that the so-called "FBI agent" was not real.

Production, publication, music

The filming took place from late November 1950 to January 29, 1951 in Boston and Gloucester in Massachusetts in the USA . The film was also shot at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, USA. Edith Head was responsible for the costumes . The working title of the film was You Belong to Me ( You belong to me ).

The film had its world premiere in the United States in Elko in the State of Nevada on July 30, 1951 in Los Angeles , he ran on 6 September 1951, in New York on 20 September 1951. In the Federal Republic of Germany , he started at 6 May 1952 and also in Austria in 1952. It also premiered in 1952 in the Netherlands , Denmark , Finland , Sweden and Portugal . It started in France on October 16, 1953.

The cost of the film was $ 2,117,000 (estimated). In the US he grossed $ 2,550,000.

Music in the film :

criticism

“A poor journalist in Paris adopted two war orphans after 1945 by fulfilling the condition of marrying within eight days. After returning to the United States, he successfully competes with a millionaire rival for the heart and hands of his bride. A hilarious comedy with lots of musicals and swing interludes (with Louis Armstrong, among others). Carefree entertainment, with which Capra no longer achieves the level and originality of his much-praised screwball comedies of the 30s and early 40s. "

Awards

  • The film was at the Oscars 1952 in the category "Best Song" ( In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening one of Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics)) Oscar win.
  • Furthermore, it was nominated in the category “Best Original Story ” based on the story You belong to me ( You belong to me ) by Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien, but fell short of the dramatic thriller A City Holds Your Breath ( Seven Days to Noon ) by Paul Dehn and James Bernard.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wedding parade . In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used