June Bride (1948)
by Bretaigne Windust
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Actor: Bette Davis, Betty Lynn, Fay Bainter, Robert Montgomery, Tom TullyDirector: Bretaigne Windust
Cinematographer: Ted D. McCord
Editor: Owen Marks
Producer: Henry Blanke
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Writer: Eileen Tighe
Writer: Graeme Lorimer
Writer: Ranald MacDougall
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
Running Time: 96 minutes
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Studio: MGM (Warner)
VHS Movie Reviews of June Bride (1948)
Movie Review: good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good little movie. Cute story line. Good for Bette Davis fans Movie Review: Noel Coward Meets Ma Kettle
Summary: 5 Stars
Not an important picture per se, but a pleasurable one. Davis and Montgomery can do it all, and their acting in these ridiculous roles is outstanding. All of their years of training and perfecting their screen timing pay off here, as with effortless elegance and wit they parry back and forth the bright lines handed them by the screenwriting team. It's a pyrotechnic display of sparks and lightning, particularly at the opening scenes, when Montgomery attempts to seduce Davis in her own apartment. When the "HOME LIFE" crew arrives in Indiana it's almost as if a different movie was starting, less Noel Coward than Ma Kettle.
Isn't that Barbara Bates playing the putative June Bride--the one who plays Phoebe at the end of ALL ABOUT EVE? It's chilling to see her here acting all phony with Bette Davis. She's supposed to be a down home girl, and she proves it with a strange Southern accent as though she'd been brought up in Mississippi instead of Indiana. Her younger sister, "Boo," is the real heart of the picture and as played by Betty Lynn she's not as adorable as she's supposed to be. Miss Lynn was much better as Loretta Young's daughter in MOTHER WAS A FRESHMAN, where the camera could really take a long look at the hard edges behind her round eager face. In contrast, Mary Wickes, so often a hapless clown in the movies, actually looks pretty nifty, even sexy, in her modified "New Look" sophisticated clothes. Fay Bainter, playing Paula, goes through the whole picture apparently believing she is the main character in the film, but she's tremendously warm and loveable.
And what happened to Raymond Roe, who plays "Bud," the young groom? He's like a cross between Farley Granger and Darryl Hickman, but blond. He had interesting parts in STRANGE BARGAIN and DEAR WIFE, but this is his biggest part by far (that I know of). By the time 1950 rolled around his career was all but over. Why? One of the great Hollywood mysteries is why some actors seem to have been given contracts, billing, the "buildup" and maybe they were let go for some reason, but today they look great. Raymond Roe should have been a big, big star!
Movie Review: production values great, davis not a good comic actress
Summary: 3 Stars
The story has possibilities. The production values are great. Bette Davis was a fine dramatic actress (excusing her obvious mannerisms....twitching, clipped speech, hand wringing), but a comedienne??????? That is a laugh in itself. Only die hard Bette Davis fan will never admit the truth about Bette Davis. When it came to comedy, she couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. Other than that, this movie is a cute romp, mainly because of the production values and Robert Montgomery's performance.Movie Review: A BREEZY, ROMANTIC COMEDY...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a delightful, breezy, romantic comedy. Bette Davis plays the part of Linda GIlman, a sophisticated and successful magazine editor. Robert Montgomery plays the part of her love interest, Carey Jackson, a foreign correspondent out of a job, who has been assigned to work with her. Having previously been romantically involved, they must now work together. They travel to Indiana with their entourage where they will do a story on a June bride, having picked a middle class, average, small town family upon which to focus. While there, they get involved in the family's affairs, with a few delightful, though predictable, twists and turns. While getting to know the family, they make some personal discoveries about their own lives. It seems that embers of their own long ago romance, have merely laid dormant. With the flames being fanned, it looks like there may be more than one June bride.
Bette Davis is very soignee as Ms. Gilman, and Robert Montgomery provides a light hearted touch as the cavalier Mr. Jackson. Both contribute some comedic deftness, as does the supporting cast, to make this an entertaining film. The only wrong note struck during the entire film is in the last scene. It was almost embarrassing. I thought about deducting one star because of it, but then decided against it, as it was just reflective of the era in which the film was made. Actually, the whole movie was reflective of the era in which it was made, but that last scene was just too sexist for words. When you see it, you will know what I mean.
Fans of Bette Davis will surely enjoy this movie, as will those who love classic films.
Movie Review: Ms. Davis
Summary: 5 Stars
Oh what can be said for Bette except that she was one of the best stars of all time.... I have about 11 movies of hers and my collection is growing rapidly.....This was a very good movie a must see.....
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