Half a Bride

Half a Bride is a 1928 American silent romance film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, and William Worthington. Based on the short story White Hands by Arthur Stringer, and written by Doris Anderson, Percy Heath, and Julian Johnson, the film is about an impulsive thrillseeking heiress who announces to her father that she entered into a companionate marriage with one of her party friends. After her father abducts her aboard his private yacht and sails away, she escapes in a small boat and after a storm ends up on a desert island along with the yachts young captain who followed after her. Half a Bride was released on June 16, 1928 by Paramount Pictures in the United States.

Patience Winslow Esther Ralston is an impulsive thrillseeking heiress who spends most of her time going from one wild party to another. One night after attending several parties, she smashes her car and spends the rest of the night in jail. The following morning, she comes home and announces to her father William Worthington that she just entered into a trial marriage with one of her party companions, a much older man. Concerned about her wellbeing, her father abducts her aboard his private yacht and sets sail in order to prevent the illadvised marriage.Angered by her fathers actions and determined to escape, Patience arranges for a motor boat to be lowered to the water and she soon takes off across the waves. Captain Edmunds Gary Cooper, the young skipper of the yacht, follows after her in another motor boat. After catching up to her, Edmunds makes a daring leap into her boat. Just then a storm engulfs the small boat and the helpless couple end up swept ashore and marooned on a desert island in the Pacific. ........

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