The Wedding Night

While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops romantic feelings for Manya Novak, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. Manya is unhappily engaged to Frederik Sobieski. After a snowstorm, Tony and Manya get trapped together in his house overnight. The next day, Manya's father insists that her wedding to Frederik take place in spite of Manya's misgivings. Drunkenness and jealousy result in tragedy at the wedding reception that night.

• King VidorDirector
• Edith FitzgeraldScreenplay
• Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer

• Gary CooperTony Barrett
• Anna StenManya Novak
• Ralph BellamyFredrik Sobieski
• Helen VinsonDora Barrett
• Sig RumanMr. Jan Novak
• Esther DaleMrs. Kaise Novak
• Leonid SnegoffSobieski
• Eleanor WesselhoeftMrs. Sobieski
• Milla DavenportGrandmother
• Walter BrennanBill Jenkins
• Agnes AndersonHelena
• Hilda VaughnHezzie Jones