When Jessie was filming this movie she was at the studio from 7am until 6pm, then travelling to the Gaiety Theatre in London, where she was starring in the stage production of "Hold My Hand", getting home at midnight. Next morning she would be up at 6am to start over. Director Albert De Courville was an eccentric slave driver. So if Jessie Matthews was accused of over-acting she was probably close to hysterics.
She was always grateful to De Courville for giving her a chance in "There Goes the Bride" because none of the studio bosses wanted her. When they saw the finished film that was another story - Victor Saville thought she was the find of the year.
Jessie is a delight in this comedy of mistaken identity. She plays Annette Marquand, an heiress, who runs away on the day of her wedding. She meets Owen Nare (almost 20 years her senior) who mistakes her for a thief, after an incident on the train. She is mistaken for his fiancée by his friends and they host a party for her. Then his real fiancée turns up.
It is a bright little comedy that Jessie runs away with.
There are some musical numbers. "I'll Stay With You" - Jessie sings and dances at the apartment. At the party with the great Carroll Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans providing the music Jessie sings "I'm Looking for You" and is a big hit. (David Niven can be glimpsed standing around the table at the party). I don't know why it was set in Paris when they are all so terribly British.
She was always grateful to De Courville for giving her a chance in "There Goes the Bride" because none of the studio bosses wanted her. When they saw the finished film that was another story - Victor Saville thought she was the find of the year.
Jessie is a delight in this comedy of mistaken identity. She plays Annette Marquand, an heiress, who runs away on the day of her wedding. She meets Owen Nare (almost 20 years her senior) who mistakes her for a thief, after an incident on the train. She is mistaken for his fiancée by his friends and they host a party for her. Then his real fiancée turns up.
It is a bright little comedy that Jessie runs away with.
There are some musical numbers. "I'll Stay With You" - Jessie sings and dances at the apartment. At the party with the great Carroll Gibbons and His Savoy Orpheans providing the music Jessie sings "I'm Looking for You" and is a big hit. (David Niven can be glimpsed standing around the table at the party). I don't know why it was set in Paris when they are all so terribly British.