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Wedding Bills

1940 · 9 min

A breezy, featherweight comic short that breezes past in minutes, more a light novelty than a story you sink into.

Directed by
Roy Mack
Genres
Comedy
Starring
William Newell, Sally Payne, Pete Smith
Overview
Another in the long series of "Pete Smith" shorts from M-G-M in which William Newell meets and falls in love with Sally Payne, and begins to budget for their plans to get married. His budget, alas, does not include nor anticipate the plans of Sally and her parents. This short was reissued in June of 1950 to be shown as a trailer with 1950's "Father of the Bride" and some sources think this short was made for that express purpose and date it as a 1950 film.

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Directed by
Roy Mack
Genres
Comedy
Starring
William Newell, Sally Payne, Pete Smith
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • family
    • class
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Roy Mack
    Written by
    Buddy Adler
    Starring
    William Newell, Sally Payne, Pete Smith
    Cinematography
    Paul Vogel
    Runtime
    9 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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