Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Kiss the Bride Goodbye is a 1945 British romantic comedy drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Patricia Medina and Jimmy Hanley. Jean Simmons has an early role, almost two years before she achieved stardom in Great Expectations.

The preparations for the marriage are under way when Jack returns unexpectedly on leave from the army. He is appalled to find Joan in her wedding finery, and persuades her to run away with him. The pair decide to visit Joans aunt and uncle in another area, and make their way there by train, while Joans parents are horrified by her disappearance with Jack and fears the worst. When Joan arrives in her bridal gown, her aunt and uncle assume that she and Jack are just married, and prepare a bridal chamber for the couple, much to their embarrassment. Comic misunderstandings ensue all round until Joan finally demands the right to marry the man of her choice.Although the plot of Kiss the Bride Goodbye was variously described as nave and ridiculous, contemporary critics in the main regarded the film as an enjoyable frivolity with one labelling it jovial entertainment for the masses. The Film Report said there are many laughs and few dull moments, but also found some of the humour on the risqu side The situations at times come very near the edge and there are many suggestive lines. ........

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