A BRIDE FOR HENRY (1937) Anne Nagel, Warren Hull & Henry Mollison | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | B&W

A Bride for Henry is a 1937 American romantic drama film directed by William Nigh based on the Josephine Bentham short story of the same name that was published in Liberty magazine. Authors such as James Cox and Kylo-Patrick Hart have cited A Bride for Henry as within a subgenre of screwball comedies termed "sentimental comedy", where plots deal with domestic struggles but avoid true threats of adultery and ultimately defend marriage. The formation of the Production Code Administration (PCA) hastened the production of sentimental comedies; others include Maybe It's Love (1935), Three Married Men (1936), and Wife, Doctor, and Nurse (1937).

SYNOPSIS
A stood-up bride uses her lawyer as a stand-in groom for her absent and unreliable fiancé, hoping to get a quick divorce after the media interest dies down. In time, she realizes she may have wed the right man, but it might be too late.

Sheila Curtis's (Anne Nagel) fiancé Eric Reynolds (Henry Mollison) fails to appear for the wedding, so Sheila drafts her lawyer, Henry Tuttle (Warren Hull), to stand in for the missing groom. When Eric finally shows up after sleeping off the bachelor party, Shelia intends to get a quick divorce and marry him after the media attention dies down. Although Henry has been in love with her for years, he gets fed up and spends his time on their honeymoon with his old girlfriend, wealthy Helen Van Orden (Claudia Dell), and a bevy of beauties. Shelia soon gets jealous, and realizes that Eric will always be unreliable while it's Henry she's always counted on and loved, but it might be too late. She realizes she may have taken Henry for granted.

CAST & CREW
Anne Nagel as Sheila Curtis
Warren Hull as Henry Tuttle
Henry Mollison as Eric Reynolds
Claudia Dell as Helen Van Orden
Betty Ross Clarke as Mrs. Curtis
Harrison Greene as Constable

Directed by William Nigh
Screenplay by Marion Orth
Story by Josephine Bentham
Produced by Dorothy Davenport
Cinematography Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by Russell F. Schoengarth
Production company Monogram Pictures
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date 29 September 1937
Running time 58 minutes
Country United States
Language English