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'{{for|the British film|Double Wedding (1933 film)}} {{short description|1937 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Double Wedding | image = Doubleweddingposter.jpg | caption = theatrical release poster | director = [[Richard Thorpe]] | producer = [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] | based_on = {{based on|''Nagy Szerelem'' ("Great Love", play)|[[Ferenc Molnár]]}} | screenplay = [[Jo Swerling]] | starring = [[William Powell]]<br>[[Myrna Loy]] | music = [[Edward Ward (composer)|Edward Ward]] | cinematography = [[William Daniels (cinematographer)|William H. Daniels]]<br>[[Harold Rosson]] | editing = Frank Sullivan | studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | released = {{Film date|1937|10|15}} | runtime = 85–87 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''Double Wedding''''' is a 1937 American [[romantic comedy]] film starring [[William Powell]] and [[Myrna Loy]], and featuring [[Florence Rice]], [[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]], [[Jessie Ralph]], and [[Edgar Kennedy]]. This was the seventh pairing of Powell and Loy, with another seven to go. It was directed by [[Richard Thorpe]] from a screenplay by [[Jo Swerling]] based on the unpublished play<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3113/Double-Wedding/screenplay-info.html "Screenplay info"] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> ''Nagy szerelem'' ("Great Love") by [[Ferenc Molnár]]. William Powell's fiancée [[Jean Harlow]] died during production, halting filming. Powell later described finishing the film as "very difficult under the circumstances".<ref>{{cite book |title= William Powell: the life and films |last= Bryant |first= Roger |year= 2006 |publisher= McFarland |isbn= 0-7864-2602-0 |page= 126}}</ref> Myrna Loy, who had been good friends with Harlow, wrote in her autobiography that she disliked the film because of Harlow's death and that it was "the scapegoat for concurrent despair".<ref>{{cite book |title= Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming |last= Loy |first= Myrna |year= 1987 |publisher= Knopf |isbn= 0-394-55593-7 |page= [https://archive.org/details/myrnaloybeingbec00kots/page/164 164] |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/myrnaloybeingbec00kots/page/164 }}</ref> ==Plot== Charles Lodge ([[William Powell]]), a free-spirited [[Bohemianism|bohemian]] who lives in a cluttered car trailer, disrupts the well-ordered life of successful, hardworking businesswoman Margit Agnew ([[Myrna Loy]]) when he convinces her younger sister Irene ([[Florence Rice]]) that she should become an actress. However, Margit is determined that Irene marry the fiancé she (and her mother before) had personally picked out for her sister, the pliable, weak-willed cousin Waldo ([[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]]). Fed up with Waldo's lack of initiative during a four-year engagement, Irene becomes infatuated with Charles. He pretends to return her feelings so he can stay close to Margit. When Margit confronts him, he agrees to never see Irene again if Margit will let him paint her portrait. She reluctantly agrees to three weeks of sittings. As they spend time together, she begins to respond to his decidedly unconventional charms. Meanwhile, Charles tries to teach Waldo to stand up for himself so that he can regain Irene's regard, but with little luck. When Irene shows up unexpectedly at his trailer, Charles gets her to leave, but she is spotted by Margit. Believing he lied about giving Irene up, she angrily smashes the painting over his head. Charles arranges for a wedding, ostensibly to marry Irene, but actually as a ploy to simultaneously reconcile Irene and Waldo and win Margit's hand. However, Waldo is nowhere to be seen when Charles is asked if he will take Irene for his wife. He is forced to answer no, and that he is really in love with Margit. She finally admits she loves him too. A drunk Waldo then shows up, punches Charles in the nose and carries a delighted Irene off. ==Cast== [[File:William Powell and Myrna Loy.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Still with William Powell and Myrna Loy]] {{Cast listing| * [[William Powell]] as Charlie Lodge * [[Myrna Loy]] as Margit Agnew * [[Florence Rice]] as Irene Agnew * [[John Beal (actor)|John Beal]] as Waldo Beaver * [[Jessie Ralph]] as Mrs. Kensington-Bly * [[Edgar Kennedy]] as Spike * [[Sidney Toler]] as Mr. Keough * [[Mary Gordon (actor)|Mary Gordon]] as Mrs. Keough * [[Barnett Parker]] as Mr. Flint * [[Katharine Alexander]] as Claire Lodge, Charlie's ex-wife * [[Priscilla Lawson]] as Felice * [[Bert Roach]] as Shrank * [[Donald Meek]] (uncredited) as Judge Blynn, officiating at the wedding }} ==Production== ''Double Wedding'' had the working title of ''Three's Company''. Originally, [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], and [[Robert Benchley]] were to have roles in the film,<ref name=tcmnotes /> which was the seventh pairing of Powell and Loy. Loy's previous film, ''[[Parnell (film)|Parnell]]'' (1937) did not do well at the box office, so MGM paired her with Powell again to rehabilitate her career. The move was a success, and ''Double Wedding'' was a box office success.<ref name=tcmart>Passafiume, Andrea. [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3113/Double-Wedding/articles.html "Double Wedding" (article)] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> When [[Jean Harlow]], William Powell's girlfriend of three years and fiancée, died suddenly on June 7, 1937, three weeks after falling ill with [[uremic poisoning]] caused by kidney failure, production on the film was partially shut down. Her death was a blow to both Powell and Loy, a good friend of Harlow, and Powell's grief was such that he asked the studio for some time to recover. Although filming was completed on schedule, neither Powell nor Loy felt they were at their best.<ref name=tcmnotes /><ref name=tcmart /> Film locations included [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel-by-the-Sea]] and the estate of C. A. Noble, a banker and manufacturer from [[Milwaukee]].<ref name=tcmnotes>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3113/Double-Wedding/notes.html "Notes"] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Double Wedding (1937 film)}} *{{IMDb title|0028804}} *{{allmovie|14474|Synopsis}} *{{tcmdb title|3113}} *{{AFI film|id=8432|title=Double Wedding}} *{{Youtube|V3TJ6nAXlEo|Trailer for ''Double Wedding''}} {{Loy Powell Films}} {{Richard Thorpe}} {{Jo Swerling}} [[Category:1937 films]] [[Category:1937 romantic comedy films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:American romantic comedy films]] [[Category:American screwball comedy films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:American films based on plays]] [[Category:Films about weddings]] [[Category:Films based on works by Ferenc Molnár]] [[Category:Films directed by Richard Thorpe]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling]] [[Category:Films produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] [[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]'