Emergency Wedding
Emergency Wedding (titled Jealousy in the UK) is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Larry Parks, Barbara Hale and Willard Parker. It is a remake of You Belong to Me, a film in which Parks appeared in a bit part.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Edward Buzzell |
| Written by | Nat Perrin Claude Binyon |
| Produced by | Nat Perrin |
| Starring | Larry Parks Barbara Hale Willard Parker |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Al Clark |
| Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr. who is jealous that his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. He makes a fool of himself trying to prove her guilt, which causes his wife to leave. But when he donates funds for a new hospital, she returns to him.[3]
Cast
- Larry Parks as Peter Judson Kirk
- Barbara Hale as Dr. Helen Hunt
- Willard Parker as Vandemer
- Una Merkel as Emma
- Alan Reed as Tony
- Eduard Franz as Dr. Heimer
- Irving Bacon as Filbert - Mechanic
- Don Beddoe as Forbish - Floorwalker
- Jim Backus as Ed Hamley
- Vince Gironda as Gym Guy
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic A. H. Weiler wrote that Claude Binyon's script was largely a facsimile of Dalton Trumbo's script for the 1941 film You Belong to Me. Weiler described Emergency Wedding as "lightweight without being especially gay or serious" and "an unimpressive reproduction."[4]
References
- "Emergency Wedding (1950) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- "Emergency Wedding Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- Weiler, A. H. (1950-12-22). "'Emergency Wedding' at Palace". The New York Times. p. 19.