Bridal Suite

I started watching Bridal Suite and thought, this looks like a vehicle that Robert Montgomery could have made a meal of. Then read Trivia, and it was intended for Robert Montgomery originally. Robert Young makes this character very unappealing. He behaves like a thoughtless lech, and speaks harshly in an attempt to be "light." His singing is awful. Annabella versus Luise Ranier is more of a puzzle.

The supporting cast redeems it, as was often the case with a clinker of this vintage: The darling Billie Burke; Walter Connolly, Gene Lockhart, Felix Bressart, and, very briefly, Arthur Treacher. Worth watching for their collective professionalism and craftsmanship alone. Produced by the accomplished and unjustly obscure Edgar Selwyn, for MGM.

Spoiled carefree American playboy Neil McGill (Robert Young) misses his own wedding... again. He falls for mountain innkeeper Luise Anzengruber. She backs off after hearing about his marriage engagement. She goes on a mountain hike with Doctor Grauer and become trapped by an avalanche.

Abbie needs to be horrible in order for the audience to root for Neil to get together with Luise. I don't think the movie sets that up enough at the beginning. Robert Young is the amiable type but he's not really the romantic playboy type. His most well known works are Father Knows Best and Marcus Welby on TV well after this movie. It's not a recipe for romantic heat. Again, he's amiable with enough comedic touch and that helps.

Really cute little movie with a simple story line but effective. i keep a list of my 25 favorite actors and 25 actresses. robert young was number 12 but seeing this film i climbed him way up to number 4. pushing away gary cooper and cary grant. he was very funny in bridal suite and his acting especially facial expressions are flawless. i would certainly have not loved the movie so much with lead robert montgomery. not a masterpiece but a fun film

In London, idly rich Robert Young (as Neil McGill) sobers up with a shower and rubdown. He remembers it's his wedding day, but arrives too late for the ceremony. It's just as well, because Mr. Young goes to Switzerland and meets attractive blonde Annabella (as Luise Anzengruber). For the first time Young thinks he's really in love. He wants to end his selfish playboy ways and marry Annabella, but Young's family expects him to wed his London fiancée. After this film, bride the French actress Annabella took a break from movie-making and spent some time with new real-life groom Tyrone Power. "Bridal Suite" succumbs to the limited appeal of Young and Annabella as a romantic couple.

**** Bridal Suite (1939-05-26) William Thiele ~ Robert Young, Annabella, Walter Connolly, Billie Burke

Neil McGill (Robert Young) is a very spoiled son of a rich man. For the second time, he's missed his wedding with Abbie. Although he claims to love the woman, it's certainly not apparent. But his dippy mother (Billie Burke) wants to try to salvage the relationship and insists on taking Neil to Europe to get a note from a famous psychiatrist that says Neil was suffering from amnesia! However, some unexpected things happen...such as his falling in love with a poor lady (Annabella) as well as wanting to finally make something of himself.

This is a modestly interesting story. However, it's also a bit of a hard sell because through so much of the story Neil is unlikable and a bit of a spoiled jerk. Had be been less dislikable the story would have worked a bit better.