Double Wedding

Double Wedding is a 1937 American romantic comedy film starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, and featuring Florence Rice, 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 It was directed by Richard Thorpe from a screenplay by Jo Swerling based on the unpublished play Nagy szerelem Great Love by Ferenc Molnr.

Charles Lodge William Powell, a freespirited bohemian who lives in a cluttered car trailer, disrupts the wellordered 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 fianc she and her mother before had personally picked out for her sister, the pliable, weakwilled cousin Waldo John Beal.Fed up with Waldos lack of initiative during a fouryear 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 Irenes regard, but with little luck. ........

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