The Wedding Night
Directed by King Vidor 83 mins (1935)
Gary Cooper โ Tony Barrett
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighbouring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik (Bellamy). Due to a snowstorm, Tony and Manya are trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manyaโs father insists her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manyaโs misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.
Also starring Anna Sten, Ralph Bellamy, Helen Vinson and Sig Rumann
Edwin Knopf, who wrote the original story for "The Wedding Night," was a close friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald and based the characters played by Gary Cooper and Helen Vinson on Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald.